Release Notes Xinet 19.2.1

System Requirements

A server machine running one of the following operating systems:

•	64-bit OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 or higher (up to macOS 10.12 Sierra) with Java 1.8

•	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 64-bit version 6 or 7.

•	CentOS Linux 64-bit version 6.5 - 7.2

In addition:

•	LibreOffice (we have tested on versions 5.2.2 and 5.3). LibreOffice 4.x is not supported for all functionality.

•	Java 1.8 is required to run Solr 6.2.1. If you are not already running Java 1.8, we recommend upgrading to this version prior to the Xinet installation.

•	Minimum supported browsers: Safari version 10, Chrome version 59, Firefox version 45 ESR.

•	Minimum supported Adobe releases: Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) 2014 and later. Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6) and Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) 2013 are no longer supported. (Adobe ended support for CS6 in March, 2017.)

What’s New

Highlights

•	Upload Only users can be created. These users can use Pilot to upload files (with no access to any other Pilot functionality)

•	Administrators can provide a Pilot configuration file to Upload Only users so they can easily install and configure Pilot to access the Pilot server.

Resolved Issues

Specific additions and bug fixes that are included in these releases are detailed below.

(*) indicates that the ticket is applicable to Xinet 19.2.1 and not to Studio 1.0.2.

 

 

Key	Components	Description	Linked Issues
XIN-5385	Pilot UI, Portal Marquee UI	Created a way to automatically configure Pilot settings, including username and password. The new pilotconfig files are used to configure Pilot and can be automatically generated from the Preferences dialog.	XIN-6152
* XIN-8083	Uploader	Using Pilot as the Uploader is compatible with Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2.	XIN-4644, XIN-8266
XIN-8114	Pilot UI, Portal PHP, XPipe	Upload Only users can be created for Pilot, as a replacement for the legacy Uploader application. Users with this limited permission can include content providers, such as photographers or writers, who can upload their assets to the Xinet database through Pilot.   Pilot Upload-only users are allowed to drag and drop files into Pilot. The files are uploaded to a particular folder(s) defined by the administrator. These users cannot browse files, and are not able to browse or delete the files they have uploaded, so there are no security concerns around third-party users accessing sensitive material.   Administrators can provide a Pilot app and configuration file to these users so that they can easily install and configure Pilot to access the Pilot server. For administrator's setup information and client's installation instructions, see later sections in this document.   This feature replaces the Uploader Distributor functionality, which will be removed in a future release.	XIN-8083
XIN-8213	Portal Marquee UI, Solr Search	The software now strips trailing slashes from volume paths when configuring volumes, which could prevent searching and previews from being generated.
* XIN-8229	Portal Admin, Portal Marquee UI	Improved login experience to Portal Admin by removing a system message about blocked pop-ups that sporadically appeared.
XIN-8230	Portal Admin	Fixed incorrect error message when enabling Gallery View from server defaults.	XIN-5477
XIN-8232	SMB2	Xinet now supports Samba 4.7 running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5.	XIN-8244
XIN-8246	Administration	Added a warning to administrative users when non-system user groups are selected for Access Control Lists (ACLs) in the following situation:   - Group ACL is assigned to a Volume (Volumes/Users > System Volumes > AFP Options), either for access or for Read/Only or Read/Write options   Because non-system groups will not be recognized by the system, particularly with SMB/AFP, their use is discouraged for ACLs.
XIN-8257	Portal Marquee UI	For Portal Marquee and Pilot (including with the new limited Pilot Upload Only permissions), improved the user experience by highlighting the Upload icon when users hover their mouse over it.
XIN-8267	Portal PHP	Enhanced security by turning off autocomplete for password fields.
XIN-8290	Pilot UI	On macOS, improved installation for Pilot. When opening Pilot for the first time if it is not in the Applications folder, it will prompt the user if they would like to automatically move the application there.	XIN-6124
XIN-8307	Portal Marquee UI, Video Reel Generator	Improved robustness loading Video Reel Generator when using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).
XIN-8310	Portal Marquee UI, Venture, WebNative	Fixed the capitalization of German translation of the message that appears in Marquee when an obligatory Venture field is completed. ("wird Benötigt' was changed to "wird benötigt".)

Known Issues

Known issues for this release are listed below.

 

Ticket	Component	Issue
XIN-3001	Xinet Portal	Legacy migrated sites to Portal 4.6 do not show folders in the Portal main area unless the site is saved. This occurs when the site option Display folder in the main area is selected.   Workaround: Open the Administration view and save the Portal Site settings in the Portal tab.
XIN-3061	Pilot UI	Saved search queries for Portal users, using the default search engine (not Solr Search), are not displaying the results from the saved path.
XIN-3885	Portal UI	Advanced Search Engine cannot load saved "File/Folder is" searches.
XIN-3938	Portal PHP, WebNative	When uploading a file whose name contains double quotes ("), the double quotes are converted to the percent-encoded “ %22 ”.
XIN-4756	Portal Marquee UI	Custom Image Order does not return to the Details view.
XIN-4771	AppleShare	Previews are slow to display on Mavericks and Yosemite client machines due to file sharing performance connection problems.   Workaround: Option 1: Turn off previews in the Finder. Option 2: Try setting the “Maximum size of the FPO (in Kilobytes)" in the preview settings to something smaller, like 4000 instead of the default 7168. If they're making EPS FPOs and don’t need images in their "thin" output, you could turn on the "Omit images (include a gray Bounding Box only)" option
XIN-4842	Portal Marquee UI	Long file names without any place to break exceed space in File Manager windows and File Manager Tooltips.
XIN-4914	Xinet Contextual Menu Plugin	To support Firefox 45.2 ESR on OS X and later, you need to enable Support Contextual Menu Plugins and Add-ons: 1. Type or paste "about:config" in the address bar and press Enter or Return. 2. Click the button promising to be careful. 3. In the search box above the list, search for: {{xpinstall.signature}} 4. If the xpinstall.signatures.required preference is bolded and the user set to true, double-click it to switch it to false.
XIN-5331	Pilot UI installation	When upgrading to version 18.1 or above, Pilot preferences are overwritten.   Workaround: Pilot users must re-enter the Xinet Pilot URL by typing the IP address or FQDN of the Portal server, followed by /PORTAL/pilot. For more information, see “Launching Xinet Pilot” in the Xinet Client Guide.
XIN-5419	Pilot UI, Portal Marquee UI	Users do not have the ability to set their own download preferences.
XIN-5806	Portal Marquee UI, Portal PHP	Users do not have the option to restore linked file preview highlighting.
XIN-5835	Portal Marquee UI	Though a folder is highlighted in grey when you hover over it, you must click on the name of the folder to browse to it.
XIN-6494	Portal Marquee UI	In Marquee, in File Manager > Copy, if you create a new folder, it will exit after creating that folder and will not let you continue on to copy the file into that folder.
XIN-6495	Portal Marquee UI	In Marquee, in File Manager > Copy, you cannot create folders in any place other than the current location (even though it lets you select other folders).
XIN-6980	Business Rule Filters, WebNative	When adding or editing a date field in a filter, you need to type in the whole date as text (rather than selecting from drop down menus).
XIN-6981	Business Rule Filters, WebNative	When specifying a Pre-requisite Path in a filter, you need to type in the full path (rather than selecting folders from dropdowns).
XIN-6997	Drag and Drop ID	Drag and drop from Safari requires "Allow JavaScript from Apple Events" in the "Develop" menu to be enabled for downloaded files.
XIN-7489	Office File Support	Text is not rendering in previews of presentation files from Apple Keynote software, version 6 and later. (The text renders fine for Keynote version 5 and earlier.)
XIN-7531	Xinet Contextual Menu Plugin	The Xinet Contextual Menu (CM) may fail to install for the following OS X configurations: - Safari 9 browsers - Safari 10 on OS X 10.10 Yosemite This is a known Mac issue where clicking on the "Trust" button sometimes dismisses the dialog without installing the extension. This issue does not occur with Safari 10 on newer OS X systems (OS X 10.11 El Capitan and above.
XIN-7562	Pilot UI	Custom ID.applescript placement scripts on the server are no longer supported by the Mac version of Xinet Pilot.

Installation Instructions

Set Up SMB File Sharing

SMB file sharing will automatically be installed with the Xinet installers for the Linux platform as long as the appropriate samba packages are installed and up to date.

Prior to installing Xinet, run:

# yum install samba

To enable SMB access:

1.	For new Xinet users:

a. Create a system user for any new users.

b. Create a Xinet user in the Admin GUI for new users. This will automatically create the SMB user and password if you already created a system user.

c. Enable the "Can access SMB Volumes" for users.

2.	For existing Xinet users:

a. Create a system user for any new users. Many users may already have this access, because it was necessary for AFP access.

b. Enable the "Can access SMB Volumes" for users. This will require a password change.

Where to find Xinet Installers

Xinet installers are available online. Visit www.northplains.com and click Partner Portal at the bottom of the page to locate the installer appropriate for your platform.

For full details on how to install the Xinet server and client, see Installing Xinet in our Xinet Administration Guide. For full details on installing the Video Module for Xinet, see Installing the Xinet Video Module in our Xinet Administration Guide.

Install Pilot on Windows

To install the updated Windows Pilot on Windows client machines:

1.	Ensure the Administrator has updated Xinet server with this release.

2.	From the client machine, connect to the Xinet Server as the user "macfiles".

3.	Download the file XinetPilotInstaller.exe.

4.	Double-click on the XinetPilotInstaller.exe.

Install Pilot on Macintosh

The Xinet Pilot application now requires OS X Yosemite (10.10) or above, including macOS Sierra (10.12).

This application, when installed, is now in the /Applications folder and is called Xinet Pilot.app. (It used to be at /Applications/Xinet Software/Xinet Pilot.app). The /Applications/Xinet Software folder will be removed by the Xinet 19.2 installer if it is empty.

Configure Pilot for Uploads Only (For Administrators)

See the online help section Configure Pilot for Uploads Only.

Launch Pilot for Upload-Only Users (macOS Client).

See the online help section Launch Upload-Only Pilot (macOS).