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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 072679d040..69d6185e02 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,95 +1,140 @@ - WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17 - August 25th 1997 - ====================================== - -New stable release of Samba. ----------------------------- - -This is the new stable release of Samba, superceding -the last stable release 1.9.16p11. All users are -encouraged to upgrade to this new release as there have -been many improvements to the code since that time. -See the Frequently Asked Questions (under docs/faq) for -an explanation of how the version numbering scheme works, -distinguishing between stable and development releases. - -Changes since 1.9.16p11. ------------------------- - -Improved browsing support. --------------------------- - -Samba now should support propagation of browse lists -across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt -as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this. - -*IMPORTANT* All Samba servers acting as local/domain master -browsers must be running 1.9.17 (or later). - -Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new -code on their corporate network. - - -Improved share mode handling ----------------------------- - -The handling of share modes has been completely rewritten. -Samba can now run agressive PC Benchmarks (Ziff-Davis -NetBench) correctly with many hundreds of concurrent PC's. -The confidence level on share mode handling in Samba -is now much higher than it was previously. PC database -packages should be safe when run against a Samba share. -Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing this code for us. - -If at all possible compile Samba to use the new share -mode handling with shared memory (set the flags -FAST_SHARE_MODES in the Makefile). This will be *much* faster -than old file-based share modes. FAST_SHARE_MODES have -been turned on by default on the following platforms in -the Makefile : - - Linux - Solaris - BSDI - IRIX 5.x.x - FreeBSD - -Roving profile support. ------------------------ - -Roving profiles are believed to work correctly -with Windows NT 4.x and Windows 95. Domain logons -are fully implemented *for Windows 95 machines only*. - - -Updated documentation ---------------------- -All options are now documented in the smb.conf man page -we believe. Much work has been done by Samba Team members -to improve the quality and quantity of the Samba documentation. - -A draft new structure for documentation is being worked on: see -docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ for details. This will soon be a master -reference to all Samba documentation. - -Many bugfixes and improvements ------------------------------- -From around the 'net around the world. Many -thanks to everyone who contributed. - -Commercial thanks. ------------------- - -Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support. -Thanks to Silicon Graphics for the help with the cross -subnet browsing and NetBench code. -Thanks to Whistle for funding one of the Samba Team -members. - -Reporting bugs --------------- - -The Samba Team believes that this is a stable -production release, but all software has bugs. + WHATS NEW IN 1.9.18alpha2 Oct 21st 1997 + ======================================= + +This is NOT a production release of Samba code. +For production servers please run Samba 1.9.17p4 +or later releases in the 1.9.17 series. + +This release contains some experimental features and +changes and is being made available so people can +test and provide feedback and patches for ongoing +Samba development. + +Please note that only the Domain controler code +is truly experimental. The other changes have +been extensively tested and are of the same +quality as normal Samba alpha releases. The +Domain controler code is disabled in the Makefile +by default and is being made available to Samba +programmers in the interests of advancing a +public implementation of this important protocol. + +This release contains three major changes to the +1.9.17 series and much re-written code. + +The main changes are : + +1). Oplock support now operational. +----------------------------------- + +Samba now supports 'exclusive' and 'batch' oplocks. +These are an advanced networked file system feature +that allows clients to obtain a exclusive use of a +file. This allows a client to cache any changes it +makes locally, and greatly improves performance. + +Windows NT has this feature and prior to this +release this was one of the reasons Windows NT +could be faster in some situations. + +The oplock code in Samba has been extensively +tested and is believed to be completely stable. + +Please report any problems to the samba-bugs alias. + +2). Experimental Domain controler code. +--------------------------------------- + +Samba now contains a *VERY* experimental +implementation of part of the Windows NT +4.x Domain Controler specification, as +published by Paul Ashton (now a Samba Team +member). This code is not enabled in the +Makefile by default, and to work on this +code you must read the file : + + docs/NTDOMAIN.txt + +Please note that as this code is not complete. +It is being made available as part of this +release to allow interested parties to contribute +and help the Samba Team in implementing this +important feature. + +Please do not expect to be able to replace your +NT Domain Controlers with Samba until this code +is finished, tested and an announcement is made. + +At present the Domain Controler code is for +programmers and people interested in Microsoft +protocols only. + +3). New Internationalization support. +------------------------------------- + +With this release Samba no longer needs to be +separately compiled for Japanese (Kanji) support, +the same binary will serve both Kanji and non-Kanji +clients. + +A new method of dynamically loading client code pages +has been added to allow the case insensitivity to +be done dependent on the code page of the client. + +Note that Samba still will only handle one client +code page at a time. This will be fixed when +Samba is fully UNICODE enabled. + +Please see the new man page for make_smbcodepage +for details on adding additional client code page +support. + +Changed code. +------------- + +Samba no longer needs the libdes library to support +encrypted passwords. Samba now contains a restricted +version of DES that can only be used for authentication +purposes (to comply with the USA export encryption +regulations and to allow USA Mirror sites to carry +Samba source code). The 'encrypt passwords' parameter +may now be used without recompiling. + +Much of the internals of Samba has been re-structured +to support the oplock and Domain controler changes. + +New parameters in smb.conf. +--------------------------- + +New Global parameters. +---------------------- + +Documented in the smb.con man pages : + +"bind interfaces only" +"username level" + +Not yet documented in the smb.conf man page, please +read docs/NTDOMAIN.txt for information on the next +parameters. + +"domain sid" +"domain groups" +"logon drive" +"logon home" + +New Share level parameters. +--------------------------- + +Documented in the smb.con man pages : + +"delete veto files" +"oplocks" + + +Reporting bugs. +--------------- + If you have problems, or think you have found a bug please email a report to : |