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+Author: John H Terpstra <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
+ Copyright (C) Jeremy Allison & John H Terpstra - 1997
+Date: June 27, 1997
+Status: Current
+
+Subject: Outstanding Issues, Development Goals
+===============================================================================
+
+1) Samba-1.9.17 Release commitments:
+
+- Document HOWTO for RedHat Linux (JHT)
+ + Password Caching
+ + Roving Profiles
+ + WinNT Registry changes to restore plain text passwords to NT 4.0 SP3
+- Define build options for RedHat Linux RPMs (JHT)
+- Change smb.conf file and bring into line with current RedHat Linux smb.conf
+ file but preserving original standard file locations in /usr/local tree
+ ++++ DONE ++++
+- Describe dependencies data for use by RedHat in preparation of their
+ web based and X based management tools
+ + Depends on Samba_Config system using dialog package (JRA / JHT)
+- Improved printing capabilities (print queue and print processor for MS
+ Windows related stuff)
+- Clean up smbprint (JHT)
+- Document desired capabilities flags and effects (JHT)
+- Add new parameters to [globals] section to define Samba capabilities (JRA)
+ + The following SV_TYPEs to be fixed in Samba:
+ WORKSTATION
+ SERVER
+ SERVER_UNIX
+ PRINTQ_SERVER, default = False, if printers defined set to True (Auto)
+ + The following parameterized:
+ TIME_SOURCE, default = False
+ DOMAIN_MEMBER, default = False if "domain logons = False"
+ default = True if "domain logons = True"
+ NT, default = False
+ default = True if "domain logons = True"
+ SERVER_NT, default = False
+ default = True if "domain logons = True"
+ WFW, default = True if "security = share"
+ default = False if "security = user or server" ??????????
+ POTENTIAL_BROWSER, default = False
+ WIN95_PLUS, default = False if OS_MAJOR < 4, otherwise True
+ ALTERNATE_XPORT, default = False
+ LOCAL_LIST_ONLY, default = False
+- Add new parameters to [globals] section to define Samba Major and Minor
+ version settings (JRA)
+ + Add the following:
+ OS_MAJOR, default = 0x04
+ OS_MINOR, default = 0x02
+ BROWSE_ELECTION_VERSION, default = 0x010F
+ BROWSE_CONSTANT, default = 0xAA55
+
+
+2) Post release Samba-1.9.17
+
+- Develop Web based configuration tools for Samba (Portable)
+ + Contact Dave Fenton and liaise (JHT)
+ + find willing workers (JHT)
+- Revise documentation and produce SGML format files and Makefile to produce
+ text as well as HTML output files for placement on samba web server
+
+
+3) Samba-2.0 Project
+
+- Introduce directory structure to replace smb.conf file, or produce new
+ hashing method to improve speed of parsing settings in large smb.conf
+ file sites
+- Identify performance issues (c.f. Samba-1.9.16p2)
+- Password encryption capabilities - should be added to samba?
+- Packet signing?
+- Include DFS support to allow resharing and indirection
+- Implement real OpLock support
+- Win95 and WinNT authentication services (Luke)
+- Win95 / WinNT password synchronisation (JRA)
+ + PAM support?
+- User and Group Info --> Win95 / WinNT ACLs
+- Samba WINS replication?
+- SCRAP (Simple CIFS Remote Administration Protocol) support.