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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2003-07-01 20:51:57 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2003-07-01 20:51:57 +0000
commit04937a424806378a160bc3cc7ebe06e186d84b75 (patch)
tree69f0cb78710b25057a26a42fcba794230104c965
parentaf07880789b57dc7bf7e63606b3a31bee6b27b8e (diff)
downloadsamba-04937a424806378a160bc3cc7ebe06e186d84b75.tar.gz
fix puncuation pointed out by mkaplan
-rw-r--r--WHATSNEW.txt108
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index e4df1b63f98..6f0bbb80a1f 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ the section on "Known Issues" for more details.
Major new features:
-------------------
-1) Active Directory support. This release is able to join a ADS realm
- as a member server and authenticate users using LDAP/kerberos.
+1) Active Directory support. In this release, Samba is able
+ to join a ADS realm as a member server and authenticate
+ users using LDAP/kerberos.
2) Unicode support. Samba will now negotiate UNICODE on the wire and
internally there is now a much better infrastructure for multi-byte
@@ -47,20 +48,20 @@ Major new features:
improves error handling a lot.
7) Better Windows 2000/XP/2003 printing support including publishing
- printer attributes in active directory
+ printer attributes in active directory.
-8) New loadable RPC modules
+8) New loadable RPC modules.
-9) New dual-daemon winbindd support (-B) for better performance
+9) New dual-daemon winbindd support (-B) for better performance.
10) Support for migrating from a Windows NT 4.0 domain to a Samba
- domain and maintaining user, group and domain SIDs
+ domain and maintaining user, group and domain SIDs.
11) Support for establishing trust relationships with Windows NT 4.0
- domain controllers
+ domain controllers.
12) Initial support for a distributed Winbind architecture using
- an LDAP directory for storing SID to uid/gid mappings
+ an LDAP directory for storing SID to uid/gid mappings.
13) Major updates to the Samba documentation tree.
@@ -86,76 +87,77 @@ details
1) Rework our smb signing code again, this factors out some of
the common MAC calculation code, and now supports multiple
- outstanding packets (bug #40)
+ outstanding packets (bug #40).
2) Enforce 'client plaintext auth', 'client lanman auth' and 'client
- ntlmv2 auth'
-3) Correct timestamp problem on 64-bit machines (bug #140)
+ ntlmv2 auth'.
+3) Correct timestamp problem on 64-bit machines (bug #140).
4) Add extra debugging statements to winbindd for tracking down
- failures
-5) Fix bug when aliased 'winbind uid/gid' parameters are used
- ('winbind uid/gid' are now replaced with 'idmap uid/gid')
+ failures.
+5) Fix bug when aliased 'winbind uid/gid' parameters are used.
+ ('winbind uid/gid' are now replaced with 'idmap uid/gid').
6) Added an auth flag that indicates if we should be allowed
- to fall back to NTLMSSP for SASL if krb5 fails
+ to fall back to NTLMSSP for SASL if krb5 fails.
7) Fixed the bug that forced us not to use the winbindd cache when
- we have a primary ADS domain and a secondary (trusted) NT4 domain.
-8) Use lp_realm() to find the default realm for 'net ads password'
-9) Removed editreg from standard build until it is portable.
-10) Fix domain membership for servers not running winbindd
+ we have a primary ADS domain and a secondary (trusted) NT4
+ domain.
+8) Use lp_realm() to find the default realm for 'net ads password'.
+9) Removed editreg from standard build until it is portable..
+10) Fix domain membership for servers not running winbindd.
11) Correct race condition in determining the high water mark
- in the idmap backend (bug #181)
+ in the idmap backend (bug #181).
12) Set the user's primary unix group from usrmgr.exe (partial
- fix for bug #45)
-13) Show comments when doing 'net group -l' (bug #3)
+ fix for bug #45).
+13) Show comments when doing 'net group -l' (bug #3).
14) Add trivial extension to 'net' to dump current local idmap
- and restore mappings as well
+ and restore mappings as well.
15) Modify 'net rpc vampire' to add new and existing users to
both the idmap and the SAM. This code needs further testing.
-16) Fix crash bug in ADS searches
-17) Build libnss_wins.so as part of nsswitch target (bug #160)
+16) Fix crash bug in ADS searches.
+17) Build libnss_wins.so as part of nsswitch target (bug #160).
18) Make net rpc vampire return an error if the sam sync RPC
- returns an error
+ returns an error.
19) Fail to join an NT 4 domain as a BDC if a workstation account
- using our name exists
+ using our name exists.
20) Fix various memory leaks in server and client code
21) Remove the short option to --set-auth-user for wbinfo (-A) to
- prevent confusion with the -a option (bug #158)
-22) Added new 'map acl inherit' parameter
-23) Removed unused 'privileges' code from group mapping database
-24) Don't segfault on empty passdb backend list (bug #136)
-25) Fixed acl sorting algorithm for Windows 2000 clients
+ prevent confusion with the -a option (bug #158).
+22) Added new 'map acl inherit' parameter.
+23) Removed unused 'privileges' code from group mapping database.
+24) Don't segfault on empty passdb backend list (bug #136).
+25) Fixed acl sorting algorithm for Windows 2000 clients.
26) Replace universal group cache with netsamlogon_cache
- from APPLIANCE_HEAD branch
+ from APPLIANCE_HEAD branch.
27) Fix autoconf detection issues surrounding --with-ads=yes
- but no Krb5 header files installed (bug #152)
+ but no Krb5 header files installed (bug #152).
28) Add LDAP lookup for domain sequence number in case we are
- joined using NT4 protocols to a native mode AD domain
+ joined using NT4 protocols to a native mode AD domain.
29) Fix backend method selection for trusted NT 4 (or 2k
- mixed mode) domains
+ mixed mode) domains.
30) Fixed bug that caused us to enumerate domain local groups
- from native mode AD domains other than our own
+ from native mode AD domains other than our own.
31) Correct group enumeration for viewing in the Windows
- security tab (bug #110)
-32) Consolidate the DC location code
+ security tab (bug #110).
+32) Consolidate the DC location code.
33) Moved 'ads server' functionality into 'password server' for
- backwards compatibility
-34) Fix winbindd_idmap tdb upgrades from a 2.2 installation
+ backwards compatibility.
+34) Fix winbindd_idmap tdb upgrades from a 2.2 installation.
( if you installed beta1, be sure to
- 'mv idmap.tdb winbindd_idmap.tdb' )
+ 'mv idmap.tdb winbindd_idmap.tdb' ).
35) Fix pdb_ldap segfaults, and wrong default values for
- ldapsam_compat
+ ldapsam_compat.
36) Enable negative connection cache for winbindd's ADS backend
- functions
+ functions.
37) Enable address caching for active directory DC's so we don't
- have to hit DNS so much
+ have to hit DNS so much.
38) Fix bug in idmap code that caused mapping to randomly be
- redefined
+ redefined.
39) Add tdb locking code to prevent race condition when adding a
- new mapping to idmap
+ new mapping to idmap.
40) Fix 'map to guest = bad user' when acting as a PDC supporting
- trust relationships
+ trust relationships.
41) Prevent deadlock issues when running winbindd on a Samba PDC
to handle allocating uids & gids for trusted users and groups
-42) added LOCALE patch from Steve Langasek (bug #122)
+42) added LOCALE patch from Steve Langasek (bug #122).
43) Add the 'guest' passdb backend automatically to the end of
the 'passdb backend' list if 'guest account' has a valid
username.
@@ -166,14 +168,14 @@ details
45) Match Windows NT4/2k behavior when authenticating a user with
and unknown domain (default to our domain if we are a DC or
domain member; default to our local name if we are a
- standalone server)
+ standalone server).
46) Fix Get_Pwnam() to always fall back to lookup 'user' if the
'DOMAIN\user' lookup fails. This matches 2.2. behavior.
47) Fix the trustdom_cache code to update the list of trusted
domains when operating as a domain member and not using
- winbindd
+ winbindd.
48) Remove 'nisplussam' passdb backend since it has suffered for
- too long without a maintainer
+ too long without a maintainer.
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ Upgrading from Samba 2.2
########################
This section is provided to help administrators understand the details
-involved with upgrading a Samba 2.2 server to Samba 3.0
+involved with upgrading a Samba 2.2 server to Samba 3.0.
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