From 85c575d311a5b5e2b1ea626b7a706566fd97b3f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karolin Seeger Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 10:14:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.1.12. Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger --- WHATSNEW.txt | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 134 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 521ea1fd0b8..25059275056 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,137 @@ ============================== + Release Notes for Samba 4.1.12 + September 8, 2014 + ============================== + + +This is the latest stable release of Samba 4.1. + +Major enhancements in Samba 4.1.12 include: + +o New parameter "winbind request timeout" has been added (bug #3204). Please + see smb.conf man page for details. +o Fix smbd crashes when filename contains non-ascii character (bug #10716). +o dnsserver: Handle updates of tombstoned dnsNode objects (bug #10749). + + +Changes since 4.1.11: +--------------------- + +o Michael Adam + * BUG 10369: build: Fix configure to honour '--without-dmapi'. + * BUG 10737: s3:idmap: Don't log missing range config if range checking not + requested. + * BUG 10741: Fix flapping VFS gpfs offline bit. + + +o Jeremy Allison + * BUG 3204: s3: winbindd: On new client connect, prune idle or hung + connections older than "winbind request timeout". Add new parameter + "winbind request timeout". + * BUG 10640: lib: tevent: make TEVENT_SIG_INCREMENT atomic. + * BUG 10650: Make "case sensitive = True" option working with + "max protocol = SMB2" or higher in large directories. + * BUG 10716: Fix smbd crashes when filename contains non-ascii + character. + * BUG 10728: 'net time': Fix usage and core dump. + * BUG 10773: s3: smbd: POSIX ACLs. Remove incorrect check for + SECINFO_PROTECTED_DACL in incoming security_information flags in + posix_get_nt_acl_common(). + * BUG 10794: vfs_dirsort: Fix an off-by-one error that can cause + uninitialized memory read. + + +o Björn Baumbach + * BUG 10543: s3: Enforce a positive allocation_file_size for non-empty + files. + + +o Kai Blin + * BUG 10466: provision: Correctly provision the SOA record minimum TTL. + + +o David Disseldorp + * BUG 10652: Samba 4 consuming a lot of CPU when re-reading printcap info. + * BUG 10787: dosmode: Fix FSCTL_SET_SPARSE request validation. + + +o Amitay Isaacs + * BUG 10742: s4-rpc: dnsserver: Allow . to be specified for @ record. + + +o Daniel Kobras + * BUG 10731: sys_poll_intr: Fix timeout arithmetic. + + +o Ross Lagerwall + * BUG 10778: s3:libsmb: Set a max charge for SMB2 connections. + + +o Volker Lendecke + * BUG 10716: lib: strings: Simplify strcasecmp. + * BUG 10758: lib: Remove unused nstrcpy. + * BUG 10782: smbd: Properly initialize mangle_hash. + + +o Stefan Metzmacher + * BUG 9831: s4:setup/dns_update_list: make use of the new substitution + variables. + * BUG 10723: Allow netr_ServerReqChallenge() and netr_ServerAuthenticate3() + on different connections. + * BUG 10749: s4-rpc: dnsserver: Handle updates of tombstoned dnsNode + objects. + * BUG 10751: s4-rpc: dnsserver: return DNS_RANK_NS_GLUE recors when + explicitly asked for. + * BUG 10773: libcli/security: Add better detection of + SECINFO_[UN]PROTECTED_[D|S]ACL in get_sec_info(). + + +o Marc Muehlfeld + * BUG 10761: docs: Fix typos in smb.conf (inherit acls). + + +o Shirish Pargaonkar + * BUG 10755: samba: Retain case sensitivity of cifs client. + + +o Arvid Requate + * BUG 9570: passdb: Fix NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_GROUP. + + +o Har Gagan Sahai + * BUG 10759: Fix a memory leak in cli_set_mntpoint(). + + +o Roel van Meer + * BUG 10777: Don't discard result of checking grouptype. + + +####################################### +Reporting bugs & Development Discussion +####################################### + +Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by +joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. + +If you do report problems then please try to send high quality +feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down +the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should +be filed under the Samba 4.1 product in the project's Bugzilla +database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). + + +====================================================================== +== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. +== The Samba Team +====================================================================== + + +Release notes for older releases follow: +---------------------------------------- + +====================================================================== + + ============================== Release Notes for Samba 4.1.11 August 1, 2014 ============================== @@ -44,10 +177,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== -Release notes for older releases follow: ----------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------- -====================================================================== ============================== Release Notes for Samba 4.1.10 -- 2.11.4.GIT