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diff --git a/WHATSNEW4.txt b/WHATSNEW4.txt index a82ceac843..ee083785fc 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW4.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW4.txt @@ -66,12 +66,72 @@ CHANGES SINCE Alpha5 ===================== In the time since Samba4 Alpha5 was released in June 2008, Samba has -continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas: +continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas +(in no particular order): The source code for various libraries that are used by both Samba 3 and Samba 4 are now shared between the two rather than duplicated (and being slightly diverged). + The tevent library has been split out and is now usable on its own. + + Several crash bugs and memory leaks in the registry library have been fixed. + + The Python modules have been extended and are no longer generated using SWIG. + + Stream renames are now supported. + + The provision script now has an interactive mode. + + The (broken) copy of CTDB has been removed. + + More work towards supporting an OpenLDAP backend. + + Initial work on using the Microsoft LDAP schema. + + The storage of schemas in LDB is now much more efficient. + + Support for extended DNs in LDB has been added. + + Incoming trusts are now supported. + + Compatibility of the registry server with several Windows versions has been + improved. + + Improvements to LSA.idl for better functionality in the usrmgr.exe. + + Improved handling of non-standard characters in passwords. + + The embedded JavaScript library has been removed in favor of Python. + + The WMI implementation has been re-added, but does not completely work yet. + + xpress compression is now supported in the NDR layer. + + The main binary is now named "samba" rather than "smbd". + + A simple script for setting the expiration of a user was added. + + It is now possible to use the system-installed Heimdal using the + experimental --enable-external-heimdal option to configure. + + The LDB library is now completely asynchronous internally. + + Various unknowns and correctness issues in the drsblobs and drsuapi RPC + interface implementations have been fixed. + + It is now possible to connect to an LDAP backend using SASL credentials. + + Multi-fragment NTtrans request support has been added. + + The DCE/RPC server can now listen on a separate pipe to allow DCE/RPC + connections forwarded from Samba 3. The user credentials are provided + by the client. + + A large number of bugs in the SMB2 implementation have been fixed. + + Auxiliary classes in LDAP schema conversion are now collapsed. + These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past few months. More details can be found in our GIT history. |