Appliance update: texisScripts-20.1.1 and applianceman-20.1.0

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Appliance update: texisScripts-20.1.1 and applianceman-20.1.0

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Two appliance updates are now available: texisScripts-20.1.1 and applianceman-20.1.0. texisScripts-20.1.1 contains the following important fix:

* Admin interface logins may have failed to "stick" under HTTPS with newer Chrome browsers (65 and later), which deprecated support for meta cookies. The admin interface now always uses HTTP headers to set cookies instead of a meta http-equiv HTML header.

The following enhancements are also provided:

* Category searches are now faster in some circumstances, e.g. with non-overlapping categories when searching for multiple categories

* Category search submissions are now possible by name instead of by (category) number. This allows easier search interface construction, especially when searching categories with meta search: the backend profiles no longer need to have aligned category numbers.

There are several caveats to the categories upgrade:

* <CatVal> XML output element now contains category name, not integral id, for resubmission to new category query string parameter (or new <categoryName> SOAP element).

* cq and cqall query string parameters deprecated (but still supported for now); use new category and requireAllCategories parameters. Support for cq/cqall may end in a future release. Same for XML <CategoryQuery> and SOAP <categoryQuery>: use new <CategoryName> and <categoryName>.

* Invalid search categories now cause an error and are removed from search list

In addition, several other fixes are included:

* Details link on appliance quick-help documentation page was sometimes broken under HTTPS, due to a relative-URL redirect

* Documentation look-and-feel and search fixed under https (in conjunction with applianceman-20.1.1 or later update, to be released)

* Older (Gen 1) appliances may have been unable to apply software updates, if upgrading from texisScripts-20.0.0: received error rpm: no packages given for install in updateSoftware.log. Fixed. Workaround: contact tech support.

* Fixed showing a finished task in the running list when the task is killed at a very specific time during the task's shutdown process

* Fixed Edit ACE in Access Control giving a CSRF error

* Fixed scenario where quickly replicated prepareForWalk/finalizeWalk actions could cause a race condition on the target that would lead to the profile database being deleted

* Fixed rare race condition where two mutually exclusive tasks could be run at the same time

* Fixed rare race condition where two walks on the same profile could start simultaneously, see each other running, and each exit, leaving no walk running

* DBWalker setting in profiles now uses dynamic select widgets instead of a multiselect box

* List/Edit Details pages will no longer offer Parents and Children if Store Refs=N

* Fixed searching the manual when logged in, but with no profile selected, showing Invalid login cookie

The applianceman-20.1.0 update is a documentation update.

Both updates are available via the Sytem -> System Setup -> Update Software menu.
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