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diff --git a/WHATSNEW4.txt b/WHATSNEW4.txt index 1b9a5ba2c8..1cd66d50d5 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW4.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW4.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -What's new in Samba 4 alpha8 +What's new in Samba 4 alpha9 ============================ Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used by Windows 2000 and above. -Samba4 alpha8 follows on from the alpha release series we have been +Samba4 alpha9 follows on from the alpha release series we have been publishing since September 2007 WARNINGS ======== -Samba4 alpha8 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference +Samba4 alpha9 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad deployment yet. If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to @@ -62,17 +62,26 @@ working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend. We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large directories. -CHANGES SINCE alpha7 +CHANGES SINCE alpha8 ===================== In the time since Samba4 alpha7 was released in Feburary 2009, Samba has continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas (in no particular order): - Samba4 now includes the full AD schema, as used in Microsoft Windows 2008 + Samba4 now includes the full set of user interface strings (display Specifiers) required to + have the Microsoft Management Console operate - LDB (the core Samba4 database library) now handles large number of - users and groups much more efficiently + LDB (the core Samba4 database library) has again been reworked for + better performance + + Replication between Samba4 and Active Directory domains using the + native replication protocol (DRS) has been demonstrated. + + Access Control Lists (in nTSecurityDescriptor) are now set correctly + on objects in the directory, based on the same rules as Windows 2008. + (Searches and modifications still use a simplistic administrator/not + administrator criteria) These are just some of the user-visible highlights of the work done in the past few months. More details of the work done 'under the hood' @@ -102,6 +111,12 @@ KNOWN ISSUES and server. (The NTP work in the previous alphas are partly to assist with this problem). +- The DRS replication code often fails, and is very new + +- Users upgrading existing databases to Samba4 should carefully + consult upgrading-samba4.txt. We have made a number of changes in + this release that should make it easier to upgrade in future. + RUNNING Samba4 ============== |