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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2024-11-04 12:42:40 +0100 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2024-11-04 12:42:40 +0100 |
commit | f57efb3d6cdd3c89cefc48f3881a9700afbf3a53 (patch) | |
tree | 9db74282a9b8718e68fa83c12ee5d17fb7449e1c /NEWS | |
parent | update TODO (diff) | |
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update NEWS
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@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe: respective directories as read-only, via a ':ro' flag that can be appended to each setting. + * When DynamicUser= is combined with + StateDirectory=/RuntimeDirectory=/CacheDirectory=/LogsDirectory= and + ID mapped mounts are available on the referenced path, the data in + there is now preferably made available by establishing ID mapped from + the "nobody" user to the dynamic user, rather than via recursive + chown()ing. + systemd-udevd: * udev rules now set 'uaccess' for /dev/udmabuf, giving locally @@ -393,6 +400,18 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe: of the random seed file in ESP. (This is useful when producing an image that will be used multiple times.) + * bootctl now optionally supports installing UEFI Secure Boot databases + (ESLs) for systemd-boot to pick up and automatically enroll if the + system is booted in Setup Mode. This is controlled via bootctl's new + --secure-boot-auto-enroll=yes switch (and some auxiliary ones). A + certificate can be provided in DER format, and it is automatically + converted into an ESL, as needed. + + * bootctl, systemd-measure, systemd-repart when referencing signing + keys on OpenSSL engines may now query for PINs and similar via + systemd's native systemd-ask-password logic (and take benefit of its + caching and UI). + The journal: * journalctl can now list invocations of a unit with the @@ -580,6 +599,24 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe: * The individual import/export tools will now display a nice progress bar when downloading files. + systemd-userdb & systemd-homed: + + * userdbctl gained a pair of switches --uid-min= and --uid-max= to + filter the UID/GID range of the listed users or groups. It also + gained a new switch --disposition= to filter them by disposition + (i.e. show only system users or only regular users, and so on). It + also gained a new switch --fuzzy that permits a "fuzzy" search for a + user, i.e. doing a substring and string distance search, and looking + into the real name field of the user and other similar fields. It + gained a new switch --boundaries=no for disabling display of the + UID/GID range boundaries in its output. + + * User records learnt a new set of fields that may list field names + that may be changed by the user themselves without requiring + administrator authentication. This new field is honoured by + systemd-homed to allow users to change selected properties of their + own user records. + Miscellaneous: * systemctl now supports the --now option with the 'reenable' verb. @@ -608,16 +645,6 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe: concept, i.e. user programs may now ask for passwords via the same mechanism and the previously system-wide only mechanism. - * userdbctl gained a pair of switches --uid-min= and --uid-max= to - filter the UID/GID range of the listed users or groups. It also - gained a new switch --disposition= to filter them by disposition - (i.e. show only system users or only regular users, and so on). It - also gained a new switch --fuzzy that permits a "fuzzy" search for a - user, i.e. doing a substring and string distance search, and looking - into the real name field of the user and other similar fields. It - gained a new switch --boundaries=no for disabling display of the - UID/GID range boundaries in its output. - * A new set of system/service credentials are added: shell.prompt.prefix, shell.prompt.suffix and shell.welcome. At login time these are propagated into the $SHELL_PROMPT_PREFIX, |