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| author | Tim Beale <timbeale@catalyst.net.nz> | 2019-07-29 10:14:06 +1200 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2019-08-07 10:57:33 +0000 |
| commit | 02352ebbef6dd5669cb28369a3c7e7579c796384 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b4121c3896ace2cdb0a5446b69dee21681a65b1 /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | 97a742fe7617d153e38aac5ad6c887c79a6e2447 (diff) | |
| download | samba-02352ebbef6dd5669cb28369a3c7e7579c796384.tar.gz | |
WHATSNEW: Make it clearer how the AD database changes will affect users
The release notes currently just have a brief mention of a new LDB pack
format. They don't really cover how this change will actually affect AD
users when upgrading (or more specifically downgrading) with v4.11.
BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14057
Signed-off-by: Tim Beale <timbeale@catalyst.net.nz>
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index e91ad51c71b..c94b3541d7d 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ Samba 4.11 will be the next version of the Samba suite. UPGRADING ========= +AD Database compatibility +------------------------- + +Samba v4.11 has changed how the AD database is stored on disk. AD users should +not really be affected by this change when upgrading to v4.11. However, AD +users should be extremely careful if they need to downgrade from Samba v4.11 to +an older release. + +Samba v4.11 maintains database compatibility with older Samba releases. The +database will automatically get rewritten in the new v4.11 format when you +first start the upgraded samba executable. + +However, when downgrading from v4.11 you will need to manually downgrade the AD +database yourself. Note that you will need to do this step before you install +the downgraded Samba packages. For more details, see: +https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Downgrading_an_Active_Directory_DC + +When either upgrading or downgrading, users should also avoid making any +database modifications between installing the new Samba packages and starting +the samba executable. + +Note that when moving between major Samba releases in general, we recommend +that the AD DC is rejoined to the domain. Using this approach avoids the need +to explicitly downgrade the database manually. For more details, see: +https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Upgrading_a_Samba_AD_DC + SMB1 is disabled by default --------------------------- |