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2 Release Notes for Samba 3.3.0pre2
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6 This is the second preview release of Samba 3.3.0. This is *not*
7 intended for production environments and is designed for testing
8 purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
9 system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
11 Major enhancements in Samba 3.3.0 include:
13 Configuration/installation:
14 o Splitting of library directory into library directory and separate
18 o Extended Cluster support.
21 o Simplyfied idmap configuration.
22 o Added new parameter "winbind reconnect delay".
25 o The destination "all" of smbcontrol does now affect all running
26 daemons including nmbd and winbindd.
27 o New 'net rpc vampire keytab' and 'net rpc vampire ldif' commands.
28 o The 'net' utility can now use kerberos for joining and authentication.
31 o NetApi library implements various new calls for User- and Group
38 The configure option "--with-libdir" has been removed. The library
39 directory can still be specified by using the existing "--libdir" option.
40 A new option "--with-modulesdir" has been added to allow the specification
41 of a separate directory for the shared modules.
44 Winbind idmap backend changes
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47 The idmap configuration has changed with version 3.3 to something that
48 allows a smoother upgrade path from pre-3.0.25 configurations that use
49 "idmap backend". The reason for this change is that to many, also to Samba
50 developers, the 3.0.25 style configuration with "idmap config" turned out
51 to be very complex. Version 3.3 no longer deprecates the "idmap backend"
52 parameter, instead with "idmap backend" the default idmap backend is
55 Accordingly, the "idmap config <domain> : default = yes" setting is no
56 longer being looked at. As another simplification, there can be only one
59 The alloc backend defaults to the default backend, which should be able to
60 allocate IDs. In the default distribution the tdb and ldap backends can
61 allocate, the ad and rid backends can not. The idmap alloc range is now
62 being set with the "old" parameters "idmap uid" and "idmap gid".
64 The "idmap domains" parameter has been removed.
67 winbind reconnect delay
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70 This is a new parameter which specifies the number of seconds the Winbind
71 daemon will wait between attempts to contact a Domain controller for a domain
72 that is determined to be down or not contactable.
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82 Parameter Name Description Default
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85 init logon delayed hosts New ""
86 init logon delay New 100
87 winbind reconnect delay New 30
93 o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
94 * BUG 5492: Fix RHEL SPEC file by removing libmsrpc stuff.
95 * BUG 5507: Fix several issues in the RHEL SPEC file.
96 * BUG 5609: Remove configure option "--with-libdir" and add
98 * Extend "net rpc vampire keytab" to support differential replication
99 and storing of kerberos keys.
100 * Rework internal logic of registry tdb code.
101 * Freeze autogenerated prototype headers (good bye "make proto").
104 o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
105 * Add new "winbind reconnect delay" parameter.
106 * Make the change to smbcontrol for "all" to mean broadcast,
107 and "smbd" to mean the main smb daemon.
108 * Write times code update.
111 o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
112 * BUG 5710: Fix changing of machine account passwords.
113 * Add "net rpc vampire keytab" and "net rpc vampire ldif".
116 o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
117 * Rework of the Winbind idmap backend.
118 * Fix calculation of useable_space for trans2 and nttrans replies.
119 * Add mapping of generic bits when setting an NFSv4 ACL.
122 o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
123 * Some write time fixes.
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127 Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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130 Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
131 joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
133 If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
134 feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
135 the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
136 be filed under the Samba 3.3 product in the project's Bugzilla
137 database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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