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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 5501998ef1..0000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,140 +0,0 @@ -Readme for Samba 4 -================== - -Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being -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. - -While we welcome your interest in Samba 4, we don't want you to run your -network with it quite yet. Please note the WARNINGS below, and the -STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work. - -With 4 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed -a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which -eventually lead to our Active Directory efforts), we felt that we -should create something we could 'show off' to our users. This is a -Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing you, our users, managers and -developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite your feedback and -support. - -Warnings --------- - -Samba4 is currently at alpha stage. 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 Samba4, you would find -many things work, but that other key features you may have relied on -simply are not there yet. - -For example, while Samba 3.0 is an excellent member of a Active -Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller: (This is -where we have done most of the research and development). - -While Samba4 is subjected to an awesome battery of tests on an -automated basis, and we have found Samba4 to be very stable in it's -behaviour, we have to recommend against upgrading production servers -from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at this stage. If you are upgrading an -experimental server, or looking to develop and test Samba, you should -backup all configuration and data. - -As we research the needs of Active Directory integration more closely, -we may need to change the format of the user database, in particular -as we begin to understand how the attributes are generated and stored. -At a worst case, we expect users will be able to extract the stored -data as LDIF and hand munge it, but until we make an alpha release, we -won't do this automatically. Indeed, many module changes are simply -easier to cope with if you just re-provision after the upgrade. - -We value the security of your computers, and so we must warn you that -Samba 4 Technology Preview includes basic Access Control List (ACL) -protection on the main user database, but due to time constraints, -none on the registry at this stage. We also do not currently have -ACLs on the SWAT web-based management tool. This means that Samba 4 -Technology Preview is not secure, and should not be exposed to -untrusted networks. - -Within the above proviso, file system access should occur as the -logged in user, much as Samba3 does. - -As such, we must strongly recommend against using Samba4 in a -production environment at this stage. - -New Features ------------- - -Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment -used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join -and domain logon operations with these clients. - -Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in -LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Centre (KDC) as well as the -Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate -the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we -issue. - -SWAT is now integrated into Samba 4 as the user-friendly interface to -Samba server management. SWAT provides easy access to our -setup and migration tools. Using SWAT, you can migrate windows -domains in Samba 4, allowing easy setup of initial user databases, and -upgrades from Samba 3. - -The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the file-system on the server to -match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match -windows behaviour and application expectations. This includes file -annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The -VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite. - -A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing -JavaScript programs to interface to Samba's internals. - -The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that -can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports -standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are -working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this back-end. -We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful front-end to large -directories. - -Changes -------- - -Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes -since that release series in the NEWS file. - -- An optional password is no longer supported as the second argument to - smbclient. - -- The default location of smb.conf in non-FHS builds has changed from the - PREFIX/lib directory to the PREFIX/etc directory. - -Known issues ------------- - -- Standalone server and domain member roles are not currently - supported. While we have much of the infrastructure required, we - have not collected these pieces together. - -- There is no printing support in the current release. - -- SWAT can be painful with <TAB> and forms. Just use the mouse, as - the JavaScript layer doing this will change. - -Running Samba4 --------------- - -A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file -in root of the tarball. - -Development and feedback ------------------------- - -Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/. Please -look at the STATUS file before filing a bug to see if a particular -is supposed to work yet. - -Development and general discussion about Samba 4 happens mainly on -the #samba-technical IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and -the samba-technical mailing list (see http://lists.samba.org/ for -details). - |