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authorSamba Release Account <samba-bugs@samba.org>1997-08-26 01:51:27 +0000
committerSamba Release Account <samba-bugs@samba.org>1997-08-26 01:51:27 +0000
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Updated for 1.9.17 release.
Jeremy (jallison@whistle.com) (This used to be commit f8316c1c159b44f1737ad976a562feb0dd1b0368)
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@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
- WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17alpha5 - July 31st 1997.
- ==========================================
+ WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17 - August 25th 1997
+ ======================================
-Last Alpha before full release.
--------------------------------
-
-It is our intention that 1.9.17alpha5 be the last alpha
-before the full 1.9.17 release. If you are concerned that
-Samba 1.9.17 compile cleanly out of the box on your platform
-please try 1.9.17alpha5 and make sure it compiles for your
-particular platform. Please let samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
-know if you have problems.
+New stable release of Samba.
+----------------------------
-The differences between 1.9.17alpha4 and 1.9.17alpha5 are
-mainly tidying code to ensure portability over different
-platforms (although some new code has been added).
+This is the new stable release of Samba, superceeding
+the last stable release 1.9.16p11. All users are
+encouraged to upgrade to this new release as there have
+been many improvements to the code since that time.
-Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support.
+Changes since 1.9.16p11.
+------------------------
Improved browsing support.
--------------------------
@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt
as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this.
*IMPORTANT* All Samba servers acting as local/domain master
-browsers must be running 1.9.17alpha3 (or later).
+browsers must be running 1.9.17 (or later).
Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new
code on their corporate network.
@@ -39,9 +34,8 @@ Samba can now run agressive PC Benchmarks (Ziff-Davis
NetBench) correctly with many hundreds of concurrent PC's.
The confidence level on share mode handling in Samba
is now much higher than it was previously. PC database
-packages should be much safer when run against a
-Samba share. Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing
-this code for us.
+packages should be safe when run against a Samba share.
+Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing this code for us.
If at all possible compile Samba to use the new share
mode handling with shared memory (set the flags
@@ -56,43 +50,49 @@ the Makefile :
IRIX 5.x.x
FreeBSD
-Updated smb.conf documentation
-------------------------------
-All options are now documented we believe.
+Roving profile support.
+-----------------------
+
+Roving profiles are believed to work correctly
+with Windows NT 4.x and Windows 95. Domain logons
+are fully implemented *for Windows 95 machines only*.
+
+
+Updated documentation
+---------------------
+All options are now documented in the smb.conf man page
+we believe. Much work has been done by Samba Team members
+to improve the quality and quantity of the Samba documentation.
Many bugfixes and improvements
------------------------------
From around the 'net around the world. Many
thanks to everyone who contributed.
-Some of the changes since alpha4 are:
-
-*** Alias names for Samba servers.
-*** Fixes for smbtar.
-*** New "follow symlinks" option can prevent any
- symlink following for security reasons.
-*** Authentication for Kerberos 5 clients (note that
- this is not the same as the Kerberos 5 Microsoft
- will be using, that has not yet been documented).
-*** smbpasswd can now add users to the smbpasswd file.
-*** Hex dump style of debug packets.
+Commercial thanks.
+------------------
-Remaining known issues with cross-subnet browsing.
---------------------------------------------------
-When nmbd is acting as a WINS server it doesn't handle
-de-registering of members of a WORKGROUP<1e> name correctly.
-The first machine to de-register will remove the name. This
-should be fixed in a later release when group names are
-handled correctly in the WINS code.
+Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support.
+Thanks to Silicon Graphics for the help with the cross
+subnet browsing and NetBench code.
+Thanks to Whistle for funding one of the Samba Team
+members.
-Remember - this is new code so there may be
-bugs or problems.
+Reporting bugs
+--------------
-As always, all bugs are our responsibility -
-please report them to :
+The Samba Team believes that this is a stable
+production release, but all software has bugs.
+If you have problems, or think you have found a
+bug please email a report to :
samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
+Stating the version number of Samba that you
+are running, and *full details* of the steps
+we need to reproduce the problem.
+
+As always, all bugs are our responsibility.
Regards,