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author | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2008-02-29 10:44:38 +0100 |
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committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2008-02-29 10:44:38 +0100 |
commit | c4fbe2846231a6b322c1094c6a1dbf93b7305768 (patch) | |
tree | 09eb77a294f4acda131b41fe4c9bec4ed175eb16 /WHATSNEW.txt | |
parent | 1a6415fc77c708b87c8e2ce6e7828f486ffc87ac (diff) | |
parent | 695b6662abe64a40061bfa05ede12173fc4b1945 (diff) | |
download | samba-c4fbe2846231a6b322c1094c6a1dbf93b7305768.tar.gz |
Merge commit 'origin/v3-2-test' into v3-2-stable
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 253fe260ded..2ac227d141f 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ================================= Release Notes for Samba 3.2.0pre2 - Jan 16, 2008 + Feb 29, 2008 ================================= This is the second preview release of Samba 3.2.0. This is *not* @@ -22,18 +22,19 @@ 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. - + o Support for IPv6 in the server, and client tools and libraries. + o Support for storing alternate data streams in xattrs. + o Encrypted SMB transport in client tools and libraries, and server. Winbind and Active Directory Integration: o Full support for Windows 2003 cross-forest, transitive trusts - and one-way domain trusts + and one-way domain trusts. o Support for userPrincipalName logons via pam_winbind and NSS lookups. 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) + o New LGPL Winbind client library (libwbclient.so). Users & Groups: @@ -74,13 +75,12 @@ to the "Changes" section for details on the exact parameters that were updated. - 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] +"config backend = 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 @@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ Removed Features Both the Python bindings and the libmsrpc shared library have been removed from the tree due to lack of an official maintainer. +As smbfs is no longer supported in current kernel versions, smbmount has +been removed in this Samba version. Please use cifs (mount.cifs) instead. +See examples/scripts/mount/mount.smbfs as an example for a wrapper which +calls mount.cifs instead of smbmount/mount.smbfs. + ###################################################################### @@ -109,16 +114,20 @@ smb.conf changes client plaintext auth Changed Default No clustering New No cluster addresses New "" - debug class New No + config backend New file ctdb socket New "" + debug class New No + hidden New No lanman auth Changed Default No - mangle map Removed - min receive file size New 0 - open files database hash size Removed - read bmpx Removed + ldap debug level New 0 + ldap debug threshold New 10 + mangle map Removed + min receive file size New 0 + open files database hashsize Removed + read bmpx Removed registry shares New No - winbind expand groups New 1 - winbind rpc only New No + winbind expand groups New 1 + winbind rpc only New No Changes since 3.2.0pre1: @@ -130,13 +139,24 @@ o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> * BUG 4308: Fix Excel save operation ACL bug. * Refactor and consolidate logic for retrieving the machine trust password information. - * VFS API cleanup. + * VFS API cleanup (remove redundant parameter). * 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. + * New smb.conf parameter "config backend = registry" to enable registry + only configuration. + * Move "net conf" functionality into a separate module libnet_conf.c + * Restructure registry code, eliminating the dynamic overlay. + Make use of reg_api instead of backend code in most places. + * Add support for intercepting LDAP libraries' debug output and print + it in Samba's debugging system. + * Libreplace fixes. + * Build fixes. + * Initial support for using subsystems as shared libraries. + Use talloc, tdb, and libnetapi as shared libraries internally. o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> @@ -146,8 +166,15 @@ o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> * 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. + * Encrypted SMB transport in client tools and libraries, and server. + + +o Kai Blin <kai@samba.org> + * Added support for an SMB_CONF_PATH environment variable + containing the path to smb.conf. + * Various fixes to ntlm_auth. + * make test now supports more extensive SPOOLSS testing using vlp. + * Correctly handle mixed-case hostnames in NTLMv2 authentication. o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org> @@ -175,7 +202,12 @@ o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> * Add generic a in-memory cache. * Import the Linux red-black tree implementation. * Remove large amount of global variables. - * Add vfs_xattr_tdb module for file systems that do not implement xattrs. + * Support for storing xattrs in tdb files. + * Support for storing alternate data streams in xattrs. + * Implement a generic in-memory cache based on rb-trees. + * Add implicit temporary talloc contexts via talloc_stack(). + * Speed up the smbclient "get" command + * Add the aio_fork module o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> @@ -185,6 +217,18 @@ o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> * Networking fixes to the libreplace library. * Pidl fixes. * Remove unused Winbind pipe calls. + * Build fixes. + * Fix for a crash bug in pidl generated client code. + This could have happend with [in,out,unique] pointers + when the client sends a valid pointer, but the server + responds with a NULL pointer (as samba-3.0.26a does for some calls). + * Change NTSTATUS into enum ndr_err_code in librpc/ndr. + * Remove unused calls in the struct based winbindd protocol. + * Add --configfile option to wbinfo. + * Convert winbind_env_set(), winbind_on() and winbind_off() into macros. + * Return rids and other_sids arrays in WBFLAG_PAM_INFO3_TEXT mode. + * Implement wbcErrorString() and wbcAuthenticateUserEx(). + * Convert auth_winbind to use wbcAuthenticateUserEx(). o James Peach <jpeach@samba.org> @@ -195,10 +239,16 @@ o James Peach <jpeach@samba.org> o Andreas Schneider <anschneider@suse.de> * Don't restart winbind if a corrupted tdb is found during initialization. + * Fix Windows 2008 (Longhorn) join. + * Add share parameter "hidden". o Karolin Seeger <ks@sernet.de> - * Add net rap file user. + * Improve error messages of net subcommands. + * Add 'net rap file user'. + * Change LDAP search filter to find machine accounts which + are not located in the user suffix. + * Remove smbmount. o David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> @@ -223,6 +273,9 @@ o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> * Additional portability support for building shared libraries. +o Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * Get Samba version or capability information from Windows user space. + Original 3.2.0pre1 commits: --------------------------- @@ -301,7 +354,7 @@ o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org> o Steve French <sfrench@samba.org> - * Fixes for mount.cfs Linux utility. + * Fixes for mount.cifs Linux utility. o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> @@ -322,7 +375,7 @@ o James Peach <jpeach@apple.com> o Jiri Sasek <Jiri.Sasek@Sun.COM> - * Added vfs_vfsacl module. + * Added vfs_zfsacl module. o Karolin Seeger <ks@sernet.de> |