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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2005-12-15 18:28:36 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2005-12-15 18:28:36 +0000
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r12261: final touches on 3.0.21. Now just need to deal with the
dce/rpc alter context question and we'll be ready to release.
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- =================================
- Release Notes for Samba 3.0.21rc2
- Dec 2, 2005
- =================================
-
-This is a release candidate of the 3.0.21 code base and is provided
-for testing purposes only. While this snapshot is *not* intended
-for production servers, we do believe that this will become the 3.0.21
-final release. Your testing and feedback is greatly appreciated.
+ ==============================
+ Release Notes for Samba 3.0.21
+ Dec 16, 2005
+ ==============================
+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 3.0.21 include:
@@ -52,131 +51,53 @@ smb.conf changes
svcctl list Renamed from 'enable svcctl'
-Changes since 3.0.21rc1
-------------------------
+Changes since 3.0.21rc2
+-----------------------
commits
-------
o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
- * Filter stored DOS attributes by SAMBA_ATTRIBUTES_MASK.
- * Remove #define of close -> close_fn macro in libsmbclient.
- * Return early if -1 returned from *BSD EA call (reported by
- Timur).
- * Name space cleanup by marking local functions static.
- * Move samr enumeration cache from per handle basis to a shared
- cache.
- * BUG 3274: Fix invalid smbclient qpath_basic() queries against
- OS/2 servers (based on patch from Guenter Kukkukk).
- * Ensure default applies to new files (reported by Thomas
- Neumann).
- * BUG 3293: Use SMBecho to testing the server in client rather
- than SMBchkpath.
- * Merge talloc fixes from Samba 4 branch.
- * Add support DCE/RPC cancel operation.
- * Don't reset attrs to zero in EA get. Fixes 'hide dot files'
- when using EA for DOS attributes.
- * Fix bug in returning remote time (reported by Thomas Bork).
- * No users or groups to return in BUILTIN domain.
- * Removed separate "builtin" search enumeration.
- * Added count_sam_aliases to return the correct alias count.
-
-
-o Rashid N. Achilov <shelton@granch.ru>
- * Add better service description names to the svcctl code.
-
-
-o Timur Bakeyev <timur@com.bat.ru>
- * BUG 3262: Improve FreeBSD DOS attribute error reporting.
+ * Correctly handle the LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM error from
+ eDirectory when accessing the universal password.
+ * Fix deadlock condition in share mode locking code.
o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org>
- * Add smbget to the list of tools built by default.
- * Fix clearing of eventlog tdb files.
- * Fix sequential reads in eventlog support.
- * BUG 2718: Don't use qpathinfo_basic() call when remote server
- is Win9x.
- * Fix build issues with the Sun compiler.
- * BUG 3156: Don't use find_service() when explicitly looking
- for a printer.
- * Fix nss_winbind_solaris.c build breakage on HP=UX.
-
-
-o Alex Deiter <tiamat@komi.mts.ru>
- * BUG 3196: Patch to compile against the Sun LDAP client libs.
- (not for AD support; just ldap support).
+ * Initialize the local group description.
+ * Disable WINS and NetLogon services in the MMC services
+ plugin when the associated smb.conf features are not enabled.
+ * Add checks for invalid characters in new share names on the
+ srvsvc pipe.
o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
- * Avoid an infinite loop when retrying to connect in smbspool.
- * Memory leak fixes in the kerberos PAC parsing code.
- * Improve NT_STATUS error messages returned from pam_winbind.
- * Rename unknown samr group fields in samr structures with
- the correct name.removed separate "builtin" search enumeration.
- * Cleanup redundant StartTLS code.
- * Allow StartTLS support when connecting to Windows 2003 by
- setting 'ldap ssl = start_tls'.
- * Support raw NTLMSSP session setups in smbspool.
- * Add rpccli_samr_chgpasswd3().
- * Add 'wbinfo --separator'.
+ * Uninitialized warnings fixes.
+ * Fix return value in client spooler code.
-o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
- * Removed unused alternative_name code from winbindd.
- * Protect against NULL alternative_name strings in winbindd.
- * Define a default panic action with -DEVELOPER is defined.
- * Add the capability to reset smbd connections on a zero VC id.
- * Allow smb.conf variable expansion to be disabled in passdb
- backends.
- * Add lookupname to rpcclient query_user as a fallback.
- * BUG 3292: Prevent smbclient from spinning when the server
- disconnects.
- * BUG 2191: Fix valgrind error in cli_session_setup_guest().
- * Add samr_lookup_rids for the builtin domain.
- * Memory allocation cleanups in passdb.
- * Restrict samr_open_domain() to our domain only.
- * Change local_lookup_sid() to local_lookup_rid() since it
- is responsible for our domain only.
+o Krishna Ganugapati <krishnag@centeris.com>
+ * Use the subtree delete ldap control when running 'net ads
+ leave'.
-o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com>
- * BUG 3187: Fix time zone offset in logon hours restrictions.
+o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
+ * Fix some uninitialized variable warnings.
+ * Fix winbind_lookup_name for the local domain,
-o Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
- * Fix cifs to handle non-numeric uid and gid parameters.
- * Merge trunk and SAMBA_3_0 mount.cifs code.
- * Cleanup cifs cfs help message.
+o Derrell Lipman <derrell@samba.org>
+ * libsmbclient memory leak fixes.
o Lars Müller <lmuelle@samba.org>
- * Only install smbsh manpage if smbwrapper has been successfully
- built.
-
-
-o Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org>
- * BUG 3260: Fix DYNEXP flags on HPUX.
-
-
-o Aruna Prabakar <aruna.prabakar@hp.com.
- * Add checks to verify that the spooler is running on HP-UX when
- reloading the printer name cache.
-
-
-o Marcin Porwit <mporwit@centeris.com>
- * Fix directory permissions in the perfcounter daemon.
- * Add the 'File' registry value for the eventlog keys.
-
-
-o Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>
- * Change license notice of standalone talloc library to LGPL.
-
-
-o Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>
- o Crash fix for snprintf() code.
+ * Ensure setmntent() returns with != NULL in the disk_quotas()
+ Linux version.
+ * Add configure switch to disable libmsrpc build.
+ * Add a soname to libmsrpc.
-o Rainer Weikusat <rainer.weikusat@sncag.com>
- * Fix function name typo in skeleton VFS code.
+o John Terpstra <jht@samba.org>
+ * Add 'net idmap' usage help text.
@@ -231,6 +152,35 @@ o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
* Backport Samba 4 time zone handling.
* Fix core dump if setmntent() returns NULL.
* Replace old crc32 code with one from the FreeBSD tree.
+ * Filter stored DOS attributes by SAMBA_ATTRIBUTES_MASK.
+ * Remove #define of close -> close_fn macro in libsmbclient.
+ * Return early if -1 returned from *BSD EA call (reported by
+ Timur).
+ * Name space cleanup by marking local functions static.
+ * Move samr enumeration cache from per handle basis to a shared
+ cache.
+ * BUG 3274: Fix invalid smbclient qpath_basic() queries against
+ OS/2 servers (based on patch from Guenter Kukkukk).
+ * Ensure default applies to new files (reported by Thomas
+ Neumann).
+ * BUG 3293: Use SMBecho to testing the server in client rather
+ than SMBchkpath.
+ * Merge talloc fixes from Samba 4 branch.
+ * Add support DCE/RPC cancel operation.
+ * Don't reset attrs to zero in EA get. Fixes 'hide dot files'
+ when using EA for DOS attributes.
+ * Fix bug in returning remote time (reported by Thomas Bork).
+ * No users or groups to return in BUILTIN domain.
+ * Removed separate "builtin" search enumeration.
+ * Added count_sam_aliases to return the correct alias count.
+
+
+o Rashid N. Achilov <shelton@granch.ru>
+ * Add better service description names to the svcctl code.
+
+
+o Timur Bakeyev <timur@com.bat.ru>
+ * BUG 3262: Improve FreeBSD DOS attribute error reporting.
o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
@@ -285,6 +235,20 @@ o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org>
validation.
* Fix lockup when running 'wbinfo -t' on a Samba PDC caused
by mangling machine names in sub_set_smb_name().
+ * Add smbget to the list of tools built by default.
+ * Fix clearing of eventlog tdb files.
+ * Fix sequential reads in eventlog support.
+ * BUG 2718: Don't use qpathinfo_basic() call when remote server
+ is Win9x.
+ * Fix build issues with the Sun compiler.
+ * BUG 3156: Don't use find_service() when explicitly looking
+ for a printer.
+ * Fix nss_winbind_solaris.c build breakage on HP-UX.
+
+
+o Alex Deiter <tiamat@komi.mts.ru>
+ * BUG 3196: Patch to compile against the Sun LDAP client libs.
+ (not for AD support; just ldap support).
o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
@@ -303,6 +267,23 @@ o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
* Add small helper function to return a PAC_LOGON_INFO.
* Use LDAP bitwise matching rule when searching for groups
in ADS.
+ * Avoid an infinite loop when retrying to connect in smbspool.
+ * Memory leak fixes in the kerberos PAC parsing code.
+ * Improve NT_STATUS error messages returned from pam_winbind.
+ * Rename unknown samr group fields in samr structures with
+ the correct name.removed separate "builtin" search enumeration.
+ * Cleanup redundant StartTLS code.
+ * Allow StartTLS support when connecting to Windows 2003 by
+ setting 'ldap ssl = start_tls'.
+ * Support raw NTLMSSP session setups in smbspool.
+ * Add rpccli_samr_chgpasswd3().
+ * Add 'wbinfo --separator'.
+
+
+o Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
+ * Fix cifs to handle non-numeric uid and gid parameters.
+ * Merge trunk and SAMBA_3_0 mount.cifs code.
+ * Cleanup cifs cfs help message.
o Paul Green <paulg@samba.org>
@@ -336,6 +317,21 @@ o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
* Add additional calls to initialize_krb5_error_table() for
kerberos client code.
* Implement the possibility to have AFS users as SIDs in pts.
+ * Removed unused alternative_name code from winbindd.
+ * Protect against NULL alternative_name strings in winbindd.
+ * Define a default panic action with -DEVELOPER is defined.
+ * Add the capability to reset smbd connections on a zero VC id.
+ * Allow smb.conf variable expansion to be disabled in passdb
+ backends.
+ * Add lookupname to rpcclient query_user as a fallback.
+ * BUG 3292: Prevent smbclient from spinning when the server
+ disconnects.
+ * BUG 2191: Fix valgrind error in cli_session_setup_guest().
+ * Add samr_lookup_rids for the builtin domain.
+ * Memory allocation cleanups in passdb.
+ * Restrict samr_open_domain() to our domain only.
+ * Change local_lookup_sid() to local_lookup_rid() since it
+ is responsible for our domain only.
o Derrell Lipman <derrell@samba.org>
@@ -355,6 +351,7 @@ o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com>
unneeded strncmp() calls.
* Implement user rename for smbpasswd and LDAP backends.
* BUG 2961 (partial): Add rename support for user accounts to tdbsam
+ * BUG 3187: Fix time zone offset in logon hours restrictions.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
@@ -372,6 +369,11 @@ o Brian Moran <bmoran@centeris.com>
eventlog tdb.
+o Lars Müller <lmuelle@samba.org>
+ * Only install smbsh manpage if smbwrapper has been successfully
+ built.
+
+
o Ricky Nance <ricky.nance@gmail.com>
* Updates for the mklogon perl scripts.
@@ -386,10 +388,21 @@ o James Peach <jpeach@sgi.com>
* Fix parsing error for smb ports parameter.
+o Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org>
+ * BUG 3260: Fix DYNEXP flags on HPUX.
+
+
o Marcin Porwit <mporwit@centeris.com>
* Eventlog and ServiceControl support.
* Added basic Performance Counter daemon which can feed data
for the Windows perfmon.exe tool.
+ * Fix directory permissions in the perfcounter daemon.
+ * Add the 'File' registry value for the eventlog keys.
+
+
+o Aruna Prabakar <aruna.prabakar@hp.com.
+ * Add checks to verify that the spooler is running on HP-UX when
+ reloading the printer name cache.
o Joel Smith <joel.j.smith@novell.com>
@@ -404,6 +417,19 @@ o Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org>
* Update Debian packaging.
+o Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>
+ * Change license notice of standalone talloc library to LGPL.
+
+
+o Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>
+ o Crash fix for snprintf() code.
+
+
+o Rainer Weikusat <rainer.weikusat@sncag.com>
+ * Fix function name typo in skeleton VFS code.
+
+
+
Release Notes for older release follow:
--------------------------------------------------