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2 Release Notes for Samba 3.5.0rc1
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6 This is the first release candidate of Samba 3.5. 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 3.5.0 include:
14 o Add support for full Windows timestamp resolution
17 o Experimental implementation of SMB2
20 o Add encryption support for connections to a CUPS server
30 Support for full Windows timestamp resolution has been added. This effectively
31 makes us use Windows' full 100ns timestamp resolution if supported by the
32 kernel (2.6.22 and higher) and the glibc (2.6 and higher).
37 An EXPERIMENTAL implementation of the SMB2 protocol has been added. SMB2 can be
38 enabled by setting "max protocol = smb2". SMB2 is a new implementation of the
39 SMB protocol used by Windows Vista and higher.
44 A new parameter "cups encrypt" has been added to control whether connections to
45 CUPS servers will be encrypted or not. The default is to use unencrypted
51 The Winbind daemon has been refactored internally to be asynchronous. The new
52 Winbind will not be blocked by running 'wbinfo -g' or 'wbinfo -u'.
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62 Parameter Name Description Default
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65 create krb5 conf New yes
68 debug hires timestamp Changed Default yes
70 ldap follow referral New auto
76 --enable-external-libtdb Enable external tdb
77 --enable-netapi Turn on netapi support
78 --enable-pthreadpool Enable pthreads pool helper support
79 --with-cifsumount Include umount.cifs (Linux only) support
80 --with-codepagedir=DIR Where to put codepages
86 o Björn Jacke <bj@sernet.de>
87 * Add support for full Windows timestamp resolution.
88 * Add encryption support for connections to a CUPS server.
91 o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
92 * Major internal refactoring of the Winbind daemon.
93 * Make Winbind asynchronous.
96 o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
97 * Implement the new SMB2 protocol (experimental).
100 Changes since 3.5.0pre2
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103 o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
104 * BUG 6837: Fix "Too many open files" when trying to access large number of
105 files with Windows 7.
106 * BUG 6939: Fix long filenames when "mangling method" is set to "hash".
107 * Ensure dos_mode can return FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, then filter the returned
108 attributes by protocol level.
109 * Vector correctly through reply_openerror() (which uses the same logic).
110 * Fix bugs with the full Windows ACL support.
113 o Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
114 * Allow to call "pdbedit -N description -u user" without specifiyng "-r".
115 * Add spoolss_DriverInfo7.
116 * Fix rpcclient after setprinter IDL fixes.
119 o Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski+samba@gmail.com>
120 * BUG 6992: make test for getgrouplist cacheable.
123 o Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
124 * Update mount.cifs man page with nounix option.
127 o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
128 * Fix _samr_GetAliasMembership for results with 0 rids.
129 * Fix an error case in cli_negprot.
130 * Add a lower-cost alternative to wbinfo -t: wbinfo --ping-dc.
131 * Restore correct timeouts for SMB requests.
132 * Fix a 64-bit error in libsmb.
133 * Replace IS_DOMAIN_OFFLINE by a function in Winbind.
134 * Simplify/cleanup Winbind code.
137 o Kamen Mazdrashki <kamen.mazdrashki@postpath.com>
138 * Fix write behind memory block in libtalloc.
141 o Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org>
142 * Change the way mksysms work in libtalloc.
145 o Jim McDonough <jmcd@samba.org>
146 * BUG 7014: Fix Winbind crash when retrieving empty group members.
149 o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
150 * Add tsocket_address_bsd_sockaddr() and tsocket_address_bsd_from_sockaddr()
152 * Always set tdb->tracefd to -1 to be safe on goto fail in libtdb.
153 * Add TDB_DISALLOW_NESTING and make TDB_ALLOW_NESTING the default behavior.
156 o Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
157 * Output %p as unsigned in snprintf replacement.
160 o Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
161 * New attempt at TDB transaction nesting allow/disallow.
164 o Kirill Smelkov <kirr@mns.spb.ru>
165 * Remove swig stuff from libtdb.
166 * Reset tdb->fd to -1 in tdb_close() in libtdb.
169 Changes since 3.5.0pre1
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172 o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
173 * Fix the build when no external talloc and tdb are installed.
174 * Fix detection of CTDB headers on systems without system-libtalloc.
177 o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
178 * BUG 6802: A created folder does not properly inherit permissions from
179 parent in vfs_acl_xattr.
180 * BUG 6837: "Too many open files" when trying to access large number of
181 files from Windows 7.
182 * BUG 6938 : No hook exists to check creation rights when using acl_xattr
184 * Fix vfs_acl_xattr which was failing to call the NEXT connect function.
185 * Restructure the ACL code.
186 * Refactor reply_rmdir to use handle based code.
189 o Dan Cox <dan@wep.net>
190 * BUG 2350: Add LDAP Alias Dereferencing support.
193 o Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
194 * BUG 6929: Fix build with recent heimdal.
195 * Fix several printing issues.
196 * Fix the build on Mac OS X 10.6.2.
197 * Fix net and rpcclient after setprinterdataex changes.
198 * Add full support for level 8 printer drivers.
199 * Add more spoolss architectures to IDL.
200 * Fix enumprinter key client and server.
201 * Fix crash in EnumPrinterDataEx.
204 o Björn Jacke <bj@sernet.de>
205 * Prefer posix_fallocate for doing "strict allocate".
208 o Matt Kraai <mkraai@beckman.com>
209 * BUG 6860: Fix shared library build on QNX.
212 o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
213 * BUG 6288: SWAT adds a second share when changing parameters of an existing
215 * BUG 6435: Fix minor memory corruption.
216 * Restore "fake directory create times" as a share parameter.
217 * Fix explicit stat64 support.
218 * Add support for NetWkstaGetInfo 101 and 102.
219 * Add rpcclient wkssvc_enumerateusers.
220 * De-deprecate "write cache size" to prevent its removal without a proper
222 * Allow more than 1000 users in BUILTIN\Users.
225 o Jim McDonough <jmcd@samba.org>
226 * BUG 6967: Prevent glibc error on 'net ads join'.
229 o Lars Müller <lars@samba.org>
230 * BUG 6710: Only install the cifs.upcall man page if CIFSUPCALL_PROGS was
234 o Ian Puleston <ipuleston@sonicwall.com>
235 * Complete support for NetWkstaGetInfo/NetWkstaEnumUsers.
238 o Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org>
239 * Fix the build of the example VFS modules.
242 o Bo Yang <boyang@samba.org>
243 * BUG 6879: Fix crash in Winbind.
244 * Fix crash in free_file_list().
245 * Give the user a chance to change password when password will expire soon.
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249 Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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252 Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
253 joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
255 If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
256 feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
257 the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
258 be filed under the Samba 3.5 product in the project's Bugzilla
259 database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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