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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 1b08ff31a4..a4b5d8c6bc 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -What's new in Samba 4.0 beta5 +What's new in Samba 4.0 beta6 ============================= Samba 4.0 will be the next version of the Samba suite and incorporates @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ and above. WARNINGS ======== -Samba 4.0 beta5 is not a final Samba release, however we are now making +Samba 4.0 beta6 is not a final Samba release, however we are now making good progress towards a Samba 4.0 release, of which this is a preview. Be aware the this release contains the best of all of Samba's technology parts, both a file server (that you can reasonably expect @@ -94,46 +94,29 @@ Python programs to interface to Samba's internals, and many tools and internal workings of the DC code is now implemented in python. -CHANGES SINCE beta4 +CHANGES SINCE beta5 ===================== -For a list of changes since beta4, please see the git log. +For a list of changes since beta5, please see the git log. $ git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git $ cd samba.git -$ git log samba-4.0.0beta4..samba-4.0.0beta5 +$ git log samba-4.0.0beta5..samba-4.0.0beta6 Some major user-visible changes include: -- The issue with beta4 being unable to build with a released version of - ldb has been resolved. +- Provision is now faster, as we now correctly use the database + indicies during the provision -- The two parameter tables for our two smb.conf parsing engines have - been merged. This removes the ugly (but harmless) "unknown - parameter xxx" warnings, particularly from the smbd child process. +- Support for handling of Extended Signatures (Session Key Protection) -- Major issues have been fixed in conflict and missing/deleted parent - handling in or DRS replication engine. +- A (unverified at this time) fix for expanding memory use in our + AD DRS replication server. -- Safety improvements to prevent corruption of read-write replicas - by manual replication from a read-only replica. +- A fix for supporting the userWorkstations restriction in the KDC -- Improvements to dbcheck to correct incorrect instanceType values from - the above and to relocate objects with missing parents. - -- smbd no longer places all accounts in the 'Domain Users' of the AD - domain to which it is joined - -- AES support in NETLOGON Schannel - -- DCE/RPC timeout handling no longer crashes - -- "socket address" is now "nbt client socket address" as it only - controls the binding of the NetBIOS client, not other protocols. - See 'bind interfaces only = yes'. This parameter is also now depricated. - -- nmbd now always binds to it's broadcast sockets explicitly, rather - than just relying on the socket address above. +- Support for upgrading classic domains that may not have all the + default domain policies set. Less visible, but important changes under the hood include: @@ -144,6 +127,8 @@ Less visible, but important changes under the hood include: - Patches to ensure that talloc_tos() and talloc_stackframe() are always used correctly. +- Preparation for correctly setting POSIX ACLs during provision. + KNOWN ISSUES ============ @@ -165,7 +150,7 @@ KNOWN ISSUES this partition is not yet reliable. - Replication may fail on FreeBSD due to getaddrinfo() rejecting names - containing _. A workaround will be in the next beta. + containing _. A workaround will be in a future next beta. - upgradeprovision should not be run when upgrading to this release from a recent release. No important database format changes have |