From 0138d50a7397bb3c2ce8947c3c3449c736b738c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 21:50:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] preparing for 2.2.6 release --- WHATSNEW.txt | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 2685218152e..80176e27257 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,16 +1,25 @@ - WHAT'S NEW IN Samba 2.2.6rc4 - 15th October 2002 - ================================================= + WHAT'S NEW IN Samba 2.2.6 - 16th October 2002 + ============================================= + +This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version that all +production Samba servers should be running for all current bug-fixes. + +There have been several fixes and internal enhancements which include: + + * Fixes for MS-RPC printing issues affecting Windows 2000 clients + * New support for smb.conf generation in SWAT + * Inclusion of several performance enhancements (See --with-sendfile + & and the modified smb.conf(5) parameters in these Release Notes) + * Fixes for several file locking bugs and returned status codes -This is a preview snapshot of SAMBA_2_2 cvs branch. This is a non-production -release provided for testing purposes only. New Parameters -------------- Refer to the smb.conf(5) man page for complete descriptions of new parameters. - * profile acls (S) - + * profile acls (S) workaround for issue with WinXP SP1 + and roaming user profiles Removed Parameters ------------------ @@ -18,14 +27,14 @@ Removed Parameters * max packet (G) * packet size (G) - Modified Parameters ------------------- - * max xmit (G) - + * max xmit (G) new default value + * large readwrite (G) new default value -The following options have been added to Samba's configure script +New ./configure Options +----------------------- --with-sendfile Enable experimental sendfile support --with-winbind-ldap-hack Enable winbindd_ldap_hack() functionality @@ -34,6 +43,9 @@ The following options have been added to Samba's configure script Changes since 2.2.5 -------------------- + +See the cvs log for SAMBA_2_2 for more details + 1) Fixed several compiler warnings caused by the use of const parameters 2) Fixed a hang in the main smbd process caused by an EINTR in the wrong place @@ -61,9 +73,6 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 18) Correcting check for ldap_start_tls() 19) Fixed a problem with getgroups() where it could include our current effective gid - -( Changes since 2.2.6pre1 ) - 20) fix incorrect semantics in the DeletePrinterDriver() spoolss rpc to only attempt to delete the architecture specified by the client 21) Don't allow TEMP attribute on directory open @@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 23) Added basic "Wizard" functionality to SWAT 24) Fix initial "allocation size" in NTcreate&X call 25) Fix for open fid, "nametoolong" -26) Exit server on receipt of a non-SMB packet. Ensure we have +26) Exit server on receipt of a non-SMB packet. Ensure we have at least smb_size bytes before processing a packet 27) Replace inet_aton with inet_addr() to correct compile problems on Solaris 28) Include the "account" objectclass when adding a new account to --with-ldapsam @@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 35) Add RESOLVE_DFSPATH to mkdir operations 36) Fix longstanding bug in Win2k clients by clearing the shortname buffer before returning ASCII short name -37) added -t option to smbpasswd for explicitly changing a trust +37) added -t option to smbpasswd for explicitly changing a trust account password when operating in security = domain 38) installed -x option to testparm to eXclude printing all parameter values that are at default settings. @@ -95,9 +104,6 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 40) Added 1125 & KOI8-U to codepage list in Makefile.in 41) Include separate configure checks for *openbsd* & *freebsd* when determining flags used to compile shared libraries. - -( Changes since 2.2.6pre2 ) - 42) Merge in free list unlock on error fix 43) Correctly fail opens with mismatching SYSTEM or HIDDEN attributes if we are mapping system or hidden @@ -110,13 +116,13 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 49) Merged Steve French's fix for OS/2 EA return error being removed 50) Patch from Steve French to fix difference in responses to smbclient //server/share ls / on Samba and Windows 2000 -51) Print error and exit if smb.conf doesn't have security=domain and +51) Print error and exit if smb.conf doesn't have security=domain and encrypt passwords=yes when joining domain -52) Added final Steve French patch for "required" attributes with old dir +52) Added final Steve French patch for "required" attributes with old dir listings -53) Initialize user_rid value in WINBIND_USERINFO structure returned by +53) Initialize user_rid value in WINBIND_USERINFO structure returned by the rpc version of query_user() -54) Ensure we've failed a lock with a lock denied message before automatically +54) Ensure we've failed a lock with a lock denied message before automatically pushing it onto the blocking queue 55) Add experimental --with-sendfile code 56) alignment fix in printing code merged from HEAD @@ -125,9 +131,9 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 59) fix smbclient / Win98 off by one bug 60) Never, *ever* hold a mutex lock in the message database where there may be traversals being attempted -61) Add LDAP hack for retrieving the SAM sequence number when a member of a +61) Add LDAP hack for retrieving the SAM sequence number when a member of a Windows 2000 native mode domain -62) Fix race condition when changing a machine account password as we were +62) Fix race condition when changing a machine account password as we were no longer locking the secrets entry 63) Allow '@' as a valid character in domain names 64) remove jobs from the spool directory when using cups @@ -137,7 +143,7 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 68) Delete printer security check was reversed 69) Windows allows delete printer on a handle opened by an admin user, then used on a pipe handle created by an anonymous user...We do to now... -70) Make explicit the difference between a tdb key with no data attached, and +70) Make explicit the difference between a tdb key with no data attached, and a non existent entry 71) Ensure we register the 1c name on the unicast subnet. 72) Fix inheritance problem when recursively setting ACLs on directories @@ -148,19 +154,10 @@ Changes since 2.2.5 77) Add version strings to the usage message for smbcacls and smbpasswd 78) Fix bug in the write cache code 79) make the default printed values for boolean the same for all parameters - -( Changes since 2.2.6rc1 ) - 80) Default all LDAP connections to v3 with compiling with --with-ldapsam - -( Changes since 2.2.6rc2 ) - 81) Fix memory leak in smbspool 82) Fix bug in mangling code that resulted in Win9x clients not being able to execute batch files in deep, non 8.3 directory paths - -( Changes since 2.2.6rc3 ) - 83) Fix infinite looping bug in winbindd_getgrent() 84) Fix crash bug on 64-bit systems (merge from HEAD) 85) Fix extended character bug when setting LanMan/NT password -- 2.11.4.GIT