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author | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2005-03-18 14:56:19 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2005-03-18 14:56:19 +0000 |
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r5882: updating release notes
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 0cbf4c925a1..8a4b3801cfc 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,16 +1,22 @@ - ================================= - Release Notes for Samba 3.0.12rc1 - Mar 11, 2005 - ================================== + ============================== + Release Notes for Samba 3.0.12 + Mar 18, 2005 + ============================== -This is a release candidate of the Samba 3.0.12 code base and is -provided for testing only. While close to the final stable release, -this snapshot is *not* intended for production servers. If all -goes well, this this version (or something very similar) will become -the final 3.0.12 stable release. +This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version +that production Samba servers should be running for all current +bug-fixes. Please read the following important changes in this +release. -Common bugs fixed in 3.0.12rc1 include: +Common bugs fixed in 3.0.12 include: + o Winbind failures when using 'disable netbios = yes' + o Failure to establish a trust relationship via 'net rpc + trust establish' + o Various portability & compiler issues. + o Read only file deletion failure caused by new delete + semantics in Windows XP SP2 and the MS 04-044 security + hotfix. o Error messages from shared Excel workbooks residing on Samba file shares. o Missing files in the output of smbclient -c 'dir' when run @@ -18,8 +24,13 @@ Common bugs fixed in 3.0.12rc1 include: o Inability for Print Administrators to pause/resume/purge print queues. -Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.12rc1: +Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.12: + o Performance enhancements when serving directories + containing large number of files. + o MS-DFS support added to smbclient. + o More performance improvements when using Samba/OpenLDAP + based DC's via the 'ldapsam:trusted=yes' option. o Support for the Novell NDS universal password when using the ldapsam passdb backend. o New 'net rpc trustdom {add,del}' functionality to eventually @@ -27,6 +38,24 @@ Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.12rc1: o New libsmbclient functionality. + +======================= +Large Directory Support +======================= + +Samba 3.0.12pre1 introduces a specific mechanism for dealing +with file services that frequently contain a large number of files +per directory. Historically Samba's performance has suffered +in such environments due to the translation from case +insensitive lookups by Windows client to the case sensitive +storage mechanisms used by UNIX filesystems. + +Configuration details along with a short HOWTO can be found at: + +http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/HOWTO/Samba-LargeDirectory-HOWTO + + +================================== libsmbclient Binary Compatibility ================================== @@ -43,191 +72,86 @@ be necessary to recompile any applications linked against the Changes ####### -Changes since 3.0.12pre1 ------------------------- - smb.conf changes ---------------- Parameter Name Action -------------- ------ - write cache Deprecated allocation roundup size New + log nt token command New + write cache Deprecated + +Changes since 3.0.12rc1 +----------------------- -commits -------- o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> - * BUG 2146: Add new smb.conf option 'allocation roundup size' to - work around issues building MS Visual Studio 6.0 project - on a Samba file share while restoring the pre-3.0.21pre1 - behavior by default. - * BUG 2399 (partial): Ensure we use SMB_VFS_STAT instead of - stat when checking for existence of a pathname. - * Check the sticky bit on the parent directory for supporting - the new WinXP SP2 file deletion semantics. - * Various oplock, share mode, and byte range locking fixes - found by Connectathon tests. - * BUG 2271: Fix resume key issues in trans2FindFirst() client - code. - * BUG 2382, 2045: More pending modtime and delayed write fixes - for MS Excel (incorporates partial patches from - ke_miyata@itg.hitachi.co.jp). - + * Debug log message cleanups. + * Add case insensitive search for a principal match on logon + verification in the system keytab (based on patch by + Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>). + * Revert the previous SMB signing change from Nalin Dahyabhai + when using DES keys. + * Add missing RESOLVE_DFSPATH() calls for older SMB commands. + * Fix FindFirst() server code to deal with resume names of ".." + and "." (found by Jim McDonough). + * BUG 2451: Fix missing functions in full audit VFS module. + * Ensure that smbd logs failures reported by DISK_FREE() + (reported by Ying Li <ying.li2@hp.com>). + * Ensure that smbclient obeys the max protocol argument again. + * BUG 2335: Return correct error code for OS/2 clients (based on + negotiated protocol level). + * BUG 2460, 2464: remove dead code and unused variables + (reported by Jason Mader). + o Vince Brimhall <vbrimhall@novell.com> - * Add support for Novell NDS universal password. - * BUG 2424: Ensure that uidNumber and gidNumber use match - the RFC2307 schema - - -o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> - * Implement MS-DFS for recursive directory listings in smbclient. - * BUG 2394: Fix nmbd linking issue on IRIX. - * Only display the publish check box in the client's printer - properties dialog if we are a member of an AD domain. - * BUG 2363: allow 'in use' driver to be removed as long as - one 'Windows NT x86' driver remains. - * BUG 1881: Allow PRINT_SPOOL_PREFIX to be set in local.h for - porting purposes. - * Enforce better printer.tdb cache consistency when removing - jobs from a print queue via SMB. - * Ensure that pause/resume/purge print queue commands are run - with the appropriate level of privilege necessary to actually - work. - * BUG 2355: Use bsd style commands (lpq, lpr, etc...) for default - for 'printing = cups' installations that do not actually have - libcups. - * BUG 2425: Remove incorrect checks for Win98 DFS clients. - * BUG 2215: Rewrite questionable code that was causing gcc to - choke. - * Add server support for LsaLookupPrivValue(). - + * BUG 2453: Change the way pdb_nds.c handles users with no + Universal or Simple Password. + * NDS schema file corrections. -o Kevin Dalley <kevin@kelphead.org> - * BUG 2398: Don't force smbclient to assume a dry run if the - target tarfile is /dev/null. - - -o Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> - * On failed mount (ENXIO) retry share name in uppercase (fix - mount to FastConnect AIX SMB server). - * Add missing FILE_ATTRIBUTE_XXX defines to smb.h. - * Ignore user_xattr mount parm (mount.cifs) so as not to confuse - it with a user name. - * Update for new CIFS POSIX info levels. - - - -o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> - * BUG 2401: Flush internal getpwnam() cache after deleting a - user. - * BUG 1604: Make winbind work with more than 10 trusted domains. - * Cleanup various compiler warnings. - - -o Herb Lewis <herb@samba.org> - * BUG 2417: Add help lines for net rpc group addmem and - delmem commands. - - -o Derrell Lipman <derrell.lipman@unwireduniverse.com> - * Add support to libsmbclient for getting and setting DOS - attributes using EA functions. - * Fix libsmbclient's URL encoding/decoding. - * Replace browse listing URI queries with an internal options - structure (previous method violated the SMB URI syntax). - * Allow tree connects to be multiplexed over a single CIFS server - connection context. - * Ensure that cli_tdis() sets the cnum field to -1 so that callers - can determine a dead tree connection. - -o Justin Ossevoort <justin@snt.utwente.nl> - * BUG 2316: Fix crashes in pdb_pgsql. - - -o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com> - * Fix 'net rpc trustdom add' to correctly add new domain trust - accounts. This will eventually replace 'smbpasswd -a -i'. - * Implement 'net rpc trustdom del', including client side of - samr_remove_sid_from_foreign_domain. - * Bring IBM Directory Server schema up to date with openldap - schema. - * Allow for better protection of sensitive attributes in IBM - Directory Server. +o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> + * Various small compile fixes and cleanup warnings. + * BUG 2456: Fix compile failure on non-gcc platforms due to + non-standard pragma. - -o James Peach <jpeach@sgi.com> - * Fix oplock2 test in client smbtorture. - - -o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> - * BUG 892: Default unknown_6 field to 1260 in mySQL pdb module. - * BUG 1957: Implement minimal update of fields in mySQL pdb - module. - -o Torsten Werner <torsten.werner@assyst-intl.com> - * BUG 2405: Define 'lpstat' printcap output on HPUX. - +o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> + * Add example perl script to check for multiple LDAP entries + after running 'net rpc vampire'. + * Add more output when listing printer forms via rpcclient. + * Debug log message cleanup. -Release Notes for older release follow: - -------------------------------------------------- - ================================== - Release Notes for Samba 3.0.12pre1 - Feb 25, 2005 - =================================== +o William Jojo <jojowil@hvcc.edu> + * BUG 2445: Patch to avoid default ACLson AIX. -Common bugs fixed in 3.0.12pre1 include: - o Winbind failures when using 'disable netbios = yes' - o Failure to establish a trust relationship via 'net rpc - trust establish' - o Various portability & compiler issues. - o Read only file deletion failure caused by new delete - semantics in Windows XP SP2 and the MS 04-044 security - hotfix. +o Derrell Lipman <derrell.lipman@unwireduniverse.com> + * Implement better solution for backwards binary compatibility + in libsmbclient while adding new fields to struct _SMBCCTX. -Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.12pre1: - o Performance enhancements when serving directories - containing large number of files. - o MS-DFS support added to smbclient. - o More performance improvements when using Samba/OpenLDAP - based DC's via the 'ldapsam:trusted=yes' option. +o Mark Loeser <halcy0n@gentoo.org> + * BUG 2443: Compile fix for gcc4. -Large Directory Support ------------------------ +o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com> + * BUG 2338: Fix coredump when OS/2 checks for long file name + support (with .+,;=[].) (thanks to Guenter Kukkukk). -Samba 3.0.12pre1 introduces a specific mechanism for dealing -with file services that frequently contain a large number of files -per directory. Historically Samba's performance has suffered -in such environments due to the translation from case -insensitive lookups by Windows client to the case sensitive -storage mechanisms used by UNIX filesystems. -Configuration details along with a short HOWTO can be found at: +o John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> + * Add the capability to set account description using pdbedit. -http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/HOWTO/Samba-LargeDirectory-HOWTO +o Doug VanLeuven <roamdad@sonic.net> + * Add more case/realm/name permutations to the kerberos keytab. + - -###################################################################### -Changes -####### - Changes since 3.0.11 -------------------- -smb.conf changes ----------------- - - Parameter Name Action - -------------- ------ - log nt token command New - commits ------- @@ -248,8 +172,23 @@ o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> * BUG 2310: Only do 16-bit normalization on small dfree request. * BUG 2323: Correct authentication failure when using plaintext passwords from Windows XP clients. - - + * BUG 2146: Add new smb.conf option 'allocation roundup size' to + work around issues building MS Visual Studio 6.0 project + on a Samba file share while restoring the pre-3.0.21pre1 + behavior by default. + * BUG 2399 (partial): Ensure we use SMB_VFS_STAT instead of + stat when checking for existence of a pathname. + * Check the sticky bit on the parent directory for supporting + the new WinXP SP2 file deletion semantics. + * Various oplock, share mode, and byte range locking fixes + found by Connectathon tests. + * BUG 2271: Fix resume key issues in trans2FindFirst() client + code. + * BUG 2382, 2045: More pending modtime and delayed write fixes + for MS Excel (incorporates partial patches from + ke_miyata@itg.hitachi.co.jp). + + o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> * Avoid length-limited intermediate copy of NT and LM responses in NETLOGON client. @@ -260,6 +199,12 @@ o Manuel Baena <mbaena@lcc.uma.es> * Print actual error message in smbmnt.c:fullpath(). +o Vince Brimhall <vbrimhall@novell.com> + * Add support for Novell NDS universal password. + * BUG 2424: Ensure that uidNumber and gidNumber use match + the RFC2307 schema + + o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> * Add trans2 client call for checking dfs referrals * Convert smbclient to use TRANS_QPATHINFO(SMB_QUERY_FILE_BASIC_INFO) @@ -281,8 +226,33 @@ o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> when given no command line args. * Remove dependency on bash for source/autogen.sh. * Fix clitar.c compile issues caused by broken MIT 1.4 headers. - + * Implement MS-DFS for recursive directory listings in smbclient. + * BUG 2394: Fix nmbd linking issue on IRIX. + * Only display the publish check box in the client's printer + properties dialog if we are a member of an AD domain. + * BUG 2363: allow 'in use' driver to be removed as long as + one 'Windows NT x86' driver remains. + * BUG 1881: Allow PRINT_SPOOL_PREFIX to be set in local.h for + porting purposes. + * Enforce better printer.tdb cache consistency when removing + jobs from a print queue via SMB. + * Ensure that pause/resume/purge print queue commands are run + with the appropriate level of privilege necessary to actually + work. + * BUG 2355: Use bsd style commands (lpq, lpr, etc...) for default + for 'printing = cups' installations that do not actually have + libcups. + * BUG 2425: Remove incorrect checks for Win98 DFS clients. + * BUG 2215: Rewrite questionable code that was causing gcc to + choke. + * Add server support for LsaLookupPrivValue(). + +o Kevin Dalley <kevin@kelphead.org> + * BUG 2398: Don't force smbclient to assume a dry run if the + target tarfile is /dev/null. + + o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> * Fix crash bug in the client-spoolss enumdataex-call. * Expand the valid-workstation-scheme by expanding names @@ -295,9 +265,15 @@ o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> * BUG 2343: Build fixes. * Support get_user_info_7 in SAMR server RPC. * Fix server_role in the samr_query_dom_info calls. - - + + o Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> + * On failed mount (ENXIO) retry share name in uppercase (fix + mount to FastConnect AIX SMB server). + * Add missing FILE_ATTRIBUTE_XXX defines to smb.h. + * Ignore user_xattr mount parm (mount.cifs) so as not to confuse + it with a user name. + * Update for new CIFS POSIX info levels. * Ignore users mount parm in mount.cifs. @@ -306,10 +282,14 @@ o SATOH Fumiyasu <fumiya@samba.gr.jp> o S Murthy Kambhampaty <smk_va@yahoo.com> - * Add idmap_rid module to Fedora and RedHat spec files. - - + * Add idmap_rid module to Fedora and RedHat spec files. + + o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> + * BUG 2401: Flush internal getpwnam() cache after deleting a + user. + * BUG 1604: Make winbind work with more than 10 trusted domains. + * Cleanup various compiler warnings. * Fix a memory leaks in privileges code and passdb backends. * Fixes for samr_lookup_sids() client call. * Optimize _samr_query_groupmem with LDAP backend for large @@ -327,13 +307,31 @@ o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> o Herb Lewis <herb@samba.org> * Fix build problem when HAVE_POSIX_ACL is not defined. + * BUG 2417: Add help lines for net rpc group addmem and + delmem commands. o Jason Mader <jason@ncac.gwu.edu> * Compiler warning fixes (BUGS BUG 2132, 2134, 2289, 2327, 2340, 2341, 2342) - + +o Derrell Lipman <derrell.lipman@unwireduniverse.com> + * Add support to libsmbclient for getting and setting DOS + attributes using EA functions. + * Fix libsmbclient's URL encoding/decoding. + * Replace browse listing URI queries with an internal options + structure (previous method violated the SMB URI syntax). + * Allow tree connects to be multiplexed over a single CIFS server + connection context. + * Ensure that cli_tdis() sets the cnum field to -1 so that callers + can determine a dead tree connection. + + +o Justin Ossevoort <justin@snt.utwente.nl> + * BUG 2316: Fix crashes in pdb_pgsql. + + o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com> * Fixes for server schannel implementation when 'restrict anonymous = 1' is set in smb.conf. @@ -341,20 +339,29 @@ o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com> on Windows clients. * Fix 'net rpc trustdom establish'. * BUG 2062: Turn off broadcast for all 390 NICs. + * Fix 'net rpc trustdom add' to correctly add new domain trust + accounts. This will eventually replace 'smbpasswd -a -i'. + * Implement 'net rpc trustdom del', including client side of + samr_remove_sid_from_foreign_domain. + * Bring IBM Directory Server schema up to date with openldap + schema. + * Allow for better protection of sensitive attributes in IBM + Directory Server. o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> * Fix memleaks in the nttrans code. - + o Mike Nix <mnix@wanm.com.au> * Add SMBsplopen and SMBsplclose client calls. o James Peach <jpeach@sgi.com> * Fixes in string handling code. + * Fix oplock2 test in client smbtorture. + - o Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org> * Fix up example pdb modules after prototype change for setsampwent. @@ -375,14 +382,26 @@ o Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> o Doug VanLeuven <roamdad@sonic.net> * AIX compile fixes. + + +o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> + * BUG 892: Default unknown_6 field to 1260 in mySQL pdb module. + * BUG 1957: Implement minimal update of fields in mySQL pdb + module. + + +o Torsten Werner <torsten.werner@assyst-intl.com> + * BUG 2405: Define 'lpstat' printcap output on HPUX. o Shlomi Yaakobovich" <Shlomi@exanet.com> * Detect infinite loops when traversing tdbs. - + + +Release Notes for older release follow: -------------------------------------------------- - ============================== + ============================== Release Notes for Samba 3.0.11 Feb 5, 2005 ============================== @@ -417,8 +436,9 @@ Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.11: o New administrative options to the 'net rpc' command. +============ LDAP Changes ------------- +============ If "ldap user suffix" or "ldap machine suffix" are defined in smb.conf, all user-accounts must reside below the user suffix, @@ -427,8 +447,9 @@ below the machine suffix. Previous Samba releases would fall back to searching the 'ldap suffix' in some cases. +=============== Privilege Model ---------------- +=============== Samba 3.0.11 supports the following assignable rights @@ -448,67 +469,6 @@ Samba-HOWTO-Collection. Changes ####### -Changes since 3.0.11rc1 ------------------------ - -commits -------- -o Timur Bakeyev <timur@com.bat.ru> - * BUG 2263: Guard base64_encode_data_blob() against empty blobs. - - -o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> - * BUG 2262: Add support in configure.in for *freebsd6*. - * BUG 2266: Portability fixes for quota code on FreeBSD4. - * BUG 2264: Remove shutdown and abortshutdown commands from - rpcclient in favor of using the same functions in 'net'. - * BUG 2295: Prevent smbd from returning an empty server name - in certain lanman api calls. - * BUG 2290: Fix autogen.sh script in examples (based on original - patch from Lars Mueller). - * Fix bug enumerating domain trusts in security = ads. - * Fix segv in rpcclient's dsenumdomtrusts. - * Fix bug in expansion of %U and %G in included filenames. - * BUG 2291: Restrict creation of server trust and domain trust - accounts to members of the "Domain Admins" group. - - -o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> - * BUG 2291: Call the 'add machine script' for server trust and - domain trust accounts as well as workstation accounts. - - -o Levente Farkas <lfarkas@lfarkas.org> - * BUG 2299: Better logrotate scripts for RedHat and Fedora - packages. - - -o Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com> - * Several patches from RedHat's Fedora Core RPMS. - - -o Deryck Hodge <deryck@samba.org> - * Add -P (--password-only-menu) to SWAT for displaying only the - password change page to non-root users. - - -o Jason Mader <jason@ncac.gwu.edu> - * BUG 2113, 2289: Remove dead code. - - -o Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org> - * Compile fixes after new setsampwent() API. - - -o Richard Renard <rrenard@idealx.com> - * Update Netscape DS 5.2 LDAP schema. - - -o Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> - * Log a warning in testparm if a print command is defined for - a print service using 'printing = cups'. - - Changes since 3.0.10 -------------------- @@ -576,6 +536,7 @@ o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> o Timur Bakeyev <timur@com.bat.ru> * BUG 2100: change the way we check for errors after a dlopen(). + * BUG 2263: Guard base64_encode_data_blob() against empty blobs. o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> @@ -651,7 +612,19 @@ o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> SAMR objects. * BUG 2286: Fix typo OpenLDAP schema file for sambaConfig object class. - + * BUG 2262: Add support in configure.in for *freebsd6*. + * BUG 2266: Portability fixes for quota code on FreeBSD4. + * BUG 2264: Remove shutdown and abortshutdown commands from + rpcclient in favor of using the same functions in 'net'. + * BUG 2295: Prevent smbd from returning an empty server name + in certain lanman api calls. + * BUG 2290: Fix autogen.sh script in examples (based on original + patch from Lars Mueller). + * Fix bug enumerating domain trusts in security = ads. + * Fix segv in rpcclient's dsenumdomtrusts. + * Fix bug in expansion of %U and %G in included filenames. + * BUG 2291: Restrict creation of server trust and domain trust + accounts to members of the "Domain Admins" group. o Nadav Danieli <nadavd@exanet.com> * Short circuit some is_locked() tests if we are oplocked. @@ -712,11 +685,19 @@ o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org> the lookup fails rather than using the first name in the default 'admin users' list. * Enhance LDAP failure debug messages. + * BUG 2291: Call the 'add machine script' for server trust and + domain trust accounts as well as workstation accounts. +o Levente Farkas <lfarkas@lfarkas.org> + * BUG 2299: Better logrotate scripts for RedHat and Fedora + packages. + + o Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com> * Fix crash in 'net join' due to calling free on static buffers. + * Several patches from RedHat's Fedora Core RPMS. o Rob Foehl <rwf@loonybin.net>. @@ -738,6 +719,11 @@ o Jeff Hardy <hardyjm@potsdam.edu> * Example script for 'add print command' when using CUPS. +o Deryck Hodge <deryck@samba.org> + * Add -P (--password-only-menu) to SWAT for displaying only the + password change page to non-root users. + + o David Hu <david.hu@hp.com> * Copy structure from print_queue_update() message rather than referencing it. Fixes seg fault on HP-UX. @@ -799,6 +785,10 @@ o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> domain local groups. +o Jason Mader <jason@ncac.gwu.edu> + * BUG 2113, 2289: Remove dead code. + + o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com> * BUG 1952: Try INITSHUTDOWN pipe first, used by newer clients. If it fails, fall back to WINREG. @@ -851,12 +841,19 @@ o Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org> * Change the license for the winbindd external interface more liberal. * HP-UX compile fixes. + * Compile fixes after new setsampwent() API. + + +o Richard Renard <rrenard@idealx.com> + * Update Netscape DS 5.2 LDAP schema. o Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> * Backport pdbedit changes from trunk. * Allows the add/change share command to create the shared directory directory on disk. + * Log a warning in testparm if a print command is defined for + a print service using 'printing = cups'. o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> * Bug fixes for pdb_{xml,pqsql,xml} @@ -883,11 +880,9 @@ Common bugs fixed in 3.0.10 include: o Fix for security issues described in CAN-2004-1154. - Changes since 3.0.9 ------------------- - commits ------- @@ -1025,8 +1020,9 @@ New features included in the 3.0.8 release are: o Additional printer migration support for XP/2003 platforms. +=========================== Change in Winbindd Behavior ---------------------------- +=========================== All usernames returned by winbindd are now converted to lower case for better consistency. This means any winbind installation @@ -1037,8 +1033,9 @@ include mail spool files, home directories, valid user lines in smb.conf, etc.... +====================== Change in Username Map ----------------------- +====================== Previous Samba releases would only support reading the fully qualified username (e.g. DOMAIN\user) from the username map when performing a @@ -1643,9 +1640,10 @@ New features introduced in this release include: o Support for honoring the logon times for user in a Samba domain. --------------------------------------------- + +============================================ unix extensions = yes (default) and symlinks --------------------------------------------- +============================================ Beginning with Samba 3.0.6pre1 (formerly known as 3.0.5pre1), clients supporting the UNIX extensions to the CIFS protocol @@ -1662,9 +1660,10 @@ out of a share in Samba may impact the server's performance due to the fact that smbd will now have to check each path additional times before traversing it. ------------------------- + +======================== Password History Support ------------------------- +======================== The new password history feature allows smbd to check the new password in password change requests against a list of the user's @@ -2094,8 +2093,6 @@ o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> * BUG 1474: Fix build of --with-expsam stuff on Solaris. -Changes for older versions follow below: - -------------------------------------------------- ============================= @@ -2122,9 +2119,9 @@ It has been confirmed that versions of Samba 3 prior to v3.0.4 are vulnerable to two potential buffer overruns. The individual details are given below. -------------- +============= CAN-2004-0600 -------------- +============= Affected Versions: Samba 3.0.2 and later @@ -2267,8 +2264,6 @@ o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> * Add additional NT_STATUS errorm mappings. -Changes for older versions follow below: - -------------------------------------------------- ============================= |