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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 066f718999..ea134d01fd 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,36 +1,49 @@ ================================= - Release Notes for Samba 3.4.0pre1 - + Release Notes for Samba 3.6.0pre1 + July 28, 2010 ================================= -This is the first preview release of Samba 3.4. This is *not* + +This is the first preview release of Samba 3.6. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/. -Major enhancements in Samba 3.4.0 include: -Authentication Changes: -o Changed the way smbd handles untrusted domain names given during user - authentication +Major enhancements in Samba 3.6.0 include: + + +SMB2 support +------------ + + +Internal Winbind passdb changes +------------------------------- + +Winbind has been changed to use the internal samr and lsa rpc pipe to get +local user and group information instead of calling passdb functions. The +reason is to use more of our infrastructure and test this infrastructure by +using it. With this approach more code in Winbind is shared. + + +###################################################################### +Changes +####### + +smb.conf changes +---------------- -Authentication Changes -====================== + Parameter Name Description Default + -------------- ----------- ------- -Previously, when Samba was a domain member and a client was connecting using an -untrusted domain name, such as BOGUS\user smbd would remap the untrusted -domain to the primary domain smbd was a member of and attempt authentication -using that DOMAIN\user name. This differed from how a Windows member server -would behave. Now, smbd will replace the BOGUS name with it's SAM name. In -the case where smbd is acting as a PDC this will be DOMAIN\user. In the case -where smbd is acting as a domain member server this will be WORKSTATION\user. -Thus, smbd will never assume that an incoming user name which is not qualified -with the same primary domain, is part of smbd's primary domain. + log writeable files on exit New No + ctdb locktime warn threshold New 0 + smb2 max read New 1048576 + smb2 max write New 1048576 + smb2 max trans New 1048576 + username map cache time New 0 + async smb echo handler New No -While this behavior matches Windows, it may break some workflows which depended -on smbd to always pass through bogus names to the DC for verification. A new -parameter "map untrusted to domain" can be enabled to revert to the legacy -behavior. ###################################################################### Reporting bugs & Development Discussion @@ -42,7 +55,7 @@ joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. If you do report problems then please try to send high quality feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should -be filed under the Samba 3.4 product in the project's Bugzilla +be filed under the Samba 3.6 product in the project's Bugzilla database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). |