Secret Server Release Notes 5.x

Release 5.1.000001

Minor Updates to 5.1

Changed link on Administration pages, from "Languages" to "Language Maintenance"
BUG: Fixed issues with URL case sensitive localization causing mixed languages to be displayed.

Main Focus: New email alerts and support for PuTTY Features and Enhancements

Added support for launching PuTTY for UNIX-based secrets
Added ability to receive email alerts when secrets are viewed
Added ability to receive email alerts when a dependency fails to update on an automatic password change
Added new role permission for searching/viewing inactive secrets
Changed folder creation/movement to only require edit permissions on the parent folder
Added support for Remote Desktop launcher with Windows Integrated Authentication
Added new bulk operations for deactivating and setting autochange on secrets
All pages now maintain scroll position on postback
Added a Languages page for Administrators to update and translate content to their language of choice
Added an OK button to the top of the Folder picker
Added additional folder management buttons to the top of the Folder Administration screen
Added functionality to make Secret Server 64 bit compatible
Searching on all fields no longer splits words up by periods Bug fixes
Fixed bug on Login where a minimum password age error was shown when creating a local user
Fixed bug with Windows Service Dependency Changers when using Windows Accounts due to a missing prefix of the machine name
Fixed bug related to unlimited setting on Remember Me
Fixed null reference bug on Secret Audit when user does have "View Secret" role permission
Fixed bug where an incorrect validation message was displayed when password history was set to 'all'

Main Focus: Minor enhancements to 5.0

Improved database indexes for search functionality.
BUG: Fixed issue that intermittently occurred in older Secret Server instances when upgrading.
BUG: Fixed to not send alerts when search indexing.
BUG: Fixed Secret Template to not allow search indexing on file attachments.
Fix: Cleaned up the CSS and layout on several pages.

Main Focus:Changing Passwords for Scheduled Tasks and Service Accounts Features and Enhancements:

Enhanced Remote Password Changing to update dependent Scheduled Tasks, IIS AppPools and Windows Services.
Added Checkout option to provide accountability for the use of a secret – the password gets changed automatically on checking.
Enhanced search functionality to allow users to search by all fields.
Implemented 'Change Password Remotely' feature to allow users to immediately change a password on a remote server.
Added new default theme to enhance the readability of the UI.
Export by folder now includes all child folders.
Added the SecretID field to Secret Server webservices to provide integration for custom development.
Administrators can now force local user password expiration.
Added configurable minimum password age requirements for local user passwords.
Added password history configuration options to prevent users from using past local user passwords.
Webservices and Secret Assistant usage now creates view audit records.
SSH Remote Password Changing now works for "root" accounts.
Added ability to automatically delete excess database backups on the application server. Bug fixes
Fixed bug that occurred when trying to access the Administer Groups page with no active local groups.
Fixed unlimited remember me bug with Secret Assistant.
Fixed bug when trying to create a new secret from a Secret Template with no fields.
Fixed bug where SSH remote password changing left open connections.
Fixed bug where Secret Assistant would return inactive secrets.