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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index de8df4b006..86f8ad94e2 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ================================= Release Notes for Samba 3.2.0pre2 - Oct XX, 2007 + Jan 16, 2008 ================================= This is the second preview release of Samba 3.2.0. This is *not* @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Major enhancements in Samba 3.2.0 include: o Introduction of a registry based configuration system. o Improved CIFS Unix Extensions support. o Experimental support for file serving clusters. + o Support for IPv6 connections. Winbind and Active Directory Integration: @@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ Major enhancements in Samba 3.2.0 include: o Support in pam_winbind for logging on using the userPrincipalName. o Expansion of nested domain groups via NSS calls. o Support for Active Directory LDAP Signing policy. + o New LGPL Winbind client library (libwbclient.so) Users & Groups: @@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ Major enhancements in Samba 3.2.0 include: Documentation: - o Inclusion of an HTLM version of the 3rd edition of "Using Samba" + o Inclusion of an HTML version of the 3rd edition of "Using Samba" from O'Reilly Publishing. @@ -50,12 +52,12 @@ Now Licensed under the GNU GPLv3 The Samba Team has adopted the Version 3 of the GNU General Public License for the 3.2 and later releases. The GPLv3 is the updated version of the GPLv2 license under which Samba is currently -distributed. It has been updated to improvecompatibility with other -licenses and to make it easier to adopt internationally, and is an +distributed. It has been updated to improve compatibility with other +licenses and to make it easier to adopt internationally, and is an improved version of the license to better suit the needs of Free Software in the 21st Century. -The original announcement is available on-line at +The original announcement is available on-line at http://news.samba.org/announcements/samba_gplv3/ @@ -63,12 +65,12 @@ The original announcement is available on-line at New Security Defaults for Authentication ======================================== -Support for LanMan passwords is now disabled in both client and server -applications. Additionally, clear text authentication requests are +Support for LanMan passwords is now disabled in both client and server +applications. Additionally, clear text authentication requests are disabled by default in client utilities such as smbclient and all -libsmbclient based applications. This will affect connection both -to and from hosts running DOS, Windows 9x/ME, and OS/2. Please refer -to the "Changes" section for details on the exact parameters that were +libsmbclient based applications. This will affect connection both +to and from hosts running DOS, Windows 9x/ME, and OS/2. Please refer +to the "Changes" section for details on the exact parameters that were updated. @@ -78,10 +80,10 @@ Registry Configuration Backend Samba is now able to use a registry based configuration backed to supplement smb.conf setting. This feature may be enabled by setting -"include = registry" and "registry shares = yes" in the [global] -section of smb.conf and may be managed using the "net conf" command. +"include = registry" and "registry shares = yes" in the [global] +section of smb.conf and may be managed using the "net conf" command. -More information may be obtained from the smb.conf(5) and net(8) man +More information may be obtained from the smb.conf(5) and net(8) man pages. @@ -107,10 +109,12 @@ smb.conf changes client plaintext auth Changed Default No clustering New No cluster addresses New "" + debug class New No ctdb socket New "" lanman auth Changed Default No mangle map Removed - open files database hashsize Removed + min receive file size New 0 + open files database hash size Removed read bmpx Removed registry shares New No winbind expand groups New 1 @@ -120,6 +124,105 @@ smb.conf changes Changes since 3.2.0pre1: ----------------------- +o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> + * Add library for access to the registry configuration data. + * BUG 5023: Separate NFS4 and POSIX ACL code in file access checks. + * BUG 4308: Fix Excel save operation ACL bug. + * Refactor and consolidate logic for retrieving the machine + trust password information. + * VFS API cleanup. + * BUG 4801: Correctly implement LSA lookup levels for LookupNames. + * Add new option "debug class" to control printing of the debug class. + in debug headers. + * Enable building of the zfsacl and notify_fam vfs modules. + * BUG 5083: Fix memleak in solarisacl module. + * BUG 5063: Fix build on RHEL5. + + +o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> + * Added support for IPv6 client and server connections. + * Add in the recvfile entry to the VFS layer. + * Removal of pstring data type. + * Remove unused utilities: smbctool and rpctorture. + * Fix service principal detection to match Windows Vista + (based on work from Andreas Schneider). + * Additional work on the session data privacy for clients + implementing the Unix CIFS Extensions. + + +o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> + * Add Winbind client library. + * Decouple static linking between smbd and winbindd's client + interface. + + +o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> + * Enhance client and server remote registry access. + * Add client calls for remotely joining a computer to a domain + (including calls from "net dom" command). + * Add libnetapi.so library for joining domains including + sample GTK+ app. + + +o Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> + * Integrate 2 out of 3 --with-fhs patches from Debian packaging + for better adherence to the FHS standard. + + +o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> + * Add talloc_stackframe() and talloc_pool() features. + * Removal of pstring data type. + * Add generic a in-memory cache. + * Import the Linux red-black tree implementation. + * Remove large amount of global variables. + * Add vfs_ea_tdb module for file systems that do not implement xattrs. + + +o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> + * Refactor Winbind internal parent-child interface tables + to achieve better unit testing support. + * Add nss_wrapper API for local Winbind unit tests. + * Networking fixes to the libreplace library. + * Pidl fixes. + * Remove unused Winbind pipe calls. + + +o James Peach <jpeach@samba.org> + * Add support for DNS Service Discovery. Based on work from + Rishi Srivatsavai <rishisv@gmail.com>. + + +o Andreas Schneider <anschneider@suse.de> + * Don't restart winbind if a corrupted tdb is found during + initialization. + + +o Karolin Seeger <ks@sernet.de> + * Add net rap file user. + + +o David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> + * BUG 5073: Allow "delete readonly = yes" to correctly override + deletion of a file. + + +o Rishi Srivatsavai <rishisv@gmail.com> + * Register the smb service with mDNS if mDNS is supported. + * Add smbclient support for basic mDNS browsing. + + +o Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> + * Fix padding between Winbind 32bit/64bit client library in + the request/response structures. + * Added a syncops VFS module for file systems which do not + guarantee meta-data operations are immediately committed to + disk in stable form. + + +o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> + * Additional portability support for building shared libraries. + + Original 3.2.0pre1 commits: --------------------------- @@ -134,16 +237,16 @@ o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> * Merged \winreg server code from the SAMBA_3_2 development branch. * Fixes for libreplace. * Implement new registry configuration backend. - + o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> * Add support for file system objectIDs. * Winbind cache validation support. * Add in the UNIX capability for 24-bit readX. * Improve Delete-on-Close semantics. - * Removal of static file and path name buffers in SMB file serving + * Removal of static file and path name buffers in SMB file serving code. - + o Danilo Almeida <dalmeida@centeris.com> * Move the machine account to the OU specified when running "net @@ -151,7 +254,7 @@ o Danilo Almeida <dalmeida@centeris.com> o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> - * Tighten authentication protocol defaults in client tools and + * Tighten authentication protocol defaults in client tools and servers. @@ -165,7 +268,7 @@ o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> * Fix lockups in Winbind when running nscd. * UPN logon support in pam_winbind. * Add support for GNU linker scripts when build shared libraries - (based on work by Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> and James + (based on work by Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> and James Peach). @@ -182,7 +285,7 @@ o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> o Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> * Allow SIGTERM to cause nmbd to exit while awaiting a interface - to come up. + to come up. o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> @@ -192,7 +295,7 @@ o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> * Add client support for the SamLogonEx() authentication request. * Implement RPC proxy stubs in the Samba server code to allow replacing implementation functions one by one. - * Remove static incoming and outgoing buffers from core server SMB + * Remove static incoming and outgoing buffers from core server SMB packet processing code. * Add "net sam rights" command. |