4 This is the first preview release of Samba 4.7. This is *not*
5 intended for production environments and is designed for testing
6 purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
7 system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
9 Samba 4.7 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
19 The "strict sync" global parameter has been changed from
20 a default of "no" to "yes". This means smbd will by default
21 obey client requests to synchronize unwritten data in operating
22 system buffers safely onto disk. This is a safer default setting
23 for modern SMB1/2/3 clients.
25 Authentication and Authorization audit support
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28 Detailed authentication and authorization audit information is now
29 logged to Samba's debug logs under the "auth_audit" debug class,
30 including in particular the client IP address triggering the audit
31 line. Additionally, if Samba is compiled against the jansson JSON
32 library, a JSON representation is logged under the "auth_json_audit"
35 Audit support is comprehensive for all authentication and
36 authorisation of user accounts in the Samba Active Directory Domain
37 Controller, as well as the implicit authentication in password
38 changes. In the file server and classic/NT4 domain controller, NTLM
39 authentication, SMB and RPC authorization is covered, however password
40 changes are not at this stage, and this support is not currently
41 backed by a testsuite.
46 Parameter Name Description Default
47 -------------- ----------- -------
48 auth event notification New parameter no
49 auth methods Deprecated
50 map untrusted to domain Deprecated
51 strict sync Default changed yes
53 Removal of lpcfg_register_defaults_hook()
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56 The undocumented and unsupported function lpcfg_register_defaults_hook()
57 that was used by external projects to call into Samba and modify
58 smb.conf default parameter settings has been removed. If your project
59 was using this call please raise the issue on
60 samba-technical@lists.samba.org in order to design a supported
61 way of obtaining the same functionality.
66 https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.7#Release_blocking_bugs
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70 Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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73 Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
74 joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
76 If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
77 feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
78 the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
79 be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
80 database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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