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diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/index.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/index.xml index 4ceb9bf615..08457c1f48 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/index.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/index.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ <author>&person.jht;</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>March 4, 2005</pubdate>
- <version>20041023</version>
+ <version>20050304</version>
</bookinfo>
<?latex \clearpage ?>
<para>boo</para>
diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/preface.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/preface.xml index 3ba9a2ec69..0cd8a995fd 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/preface.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/preface.xml @@ -84,6 +84,123 @@ makes deployment of Samba-3 a breeze. </para> + <sect2> + <title>Samba 3.0.12 Update Edition</title> + + <para> + The Samba 3.0.x series has been remarkably popular. At the time this book first + went to print samba-3.0.2 was being released. There have been significant modifications + and enhancements between samba-3.0.2 and samba-3.0.11 (the current release) that + necessitate this documentation update. This update has the specific intent to + refocus this books so that its guidance can be followed for samba-3.0.12 + and beyond. Further changes are expected as Samba-3 matures further and will + be reflected in future updates. + </para> + + <para> + The changes shown in <link linkend="pref-new"/> are incorporated in this update: + </para> + + <table id="pref-new"> + <title></title> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <colspec align="left"/> + <colspec align="justify"/> + <thead> + <row> + <entry align="left"> + <para> + New Feature + </para> + </entry> + <entry align="left"> + <para> + Description + </para> + </entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry> + <para> + Winbind Case Handling + </para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para> + User and group names returned by <command>winbindd</command> are now converted to lower case + for better consistency. Samba implementations that depend on the case of information returned + by winbind (such as %u and %U) must now convert the dependency to expecting lower case values. + This affects mail spool files, home directories, valid user lines in the &smb.conf; file, etc. + </para> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para> + Schema Changes + </para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para> + Addition of code to handle password aging, password uniqueness controls, bad + password instances at logon time, have made necessary extensions to the SambaSAM + schema. This change affects all sites that use LDAP and means that the directory + schema must be updated. + </para> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para> + Username Map Handling + </para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para> + Samba-3.0.8 redefined the behavior: Local authentication results in a username map file + lookup before authenticating the connection. All authentication via an external domain + controller will result in the use of the fully qualified name (i.e.: DOMAIN\username) + after the user has been successfully authenticated. + </para> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para> + UNIX extension handling + </para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para> + Symbolicly linked files and directories on the UNIX host to absolute paths will + now be followed. This can be turned off using <quote>wide links = No</quote> in + the share stanza in the &smb.conf; file. Turning off <quote>wide links</quote> + support will degrade server performance because each path must be checked. + </para> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <para> + Privileges Support + </para> + </entry> + <entry> + <para> + Versions of Samba prior to samba-3.0.11 required the use of the UNIX <constant>root</constant> + account from network Windows clients. The new <quote>enable privileges = Yes</quote> capability + means that functions such as adding machines to the domain, managing printers, etc. can now + be delegated to normal user accounts or to groups of users. + </para> + </entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + </sect2> + </sect1> <sect1> |