From d40ad902aea3794e145c8ce7b7fd99f72889e96b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karolin Seeger Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:40:06 +0100 Subject: WHATSNEW: Start release notes for Samba 4.11.0pre1. Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger Reviewed-by: Stefan Metzmacher --- WHATSNEW.txt | 174 ++--------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-) (limited to 'WHATSNEW.txt') diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 267cc5402a9..a3ed9213d50 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Release Announcements ===================== -This is the first release candidate of Samba 4.10. This is *not* +This is the first preview release of Samba 4.11. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/. -Samba 4.10 will be the next version of the Samba suite. +Samba 4.11 will be the next version of the Samba suite. UPGRADING @@ -16,188 +16,22 @@ UPGRADING NEW FEATURES/CHANGES ==================== -GPO Improvements ----------------- - -A new 'samba-tool gpo export' command has been added that can export a -set of Group Policy Objects from a domain in a generalised XML format. - -A corresponding 'samba-tool gpo restore' command has been added to -rebuild the Group Policy Objects from the XML after generalization. -(The administrator needs to correct the values of XML entities between -the backup and restore to account for the change in domain). - -kdc prefork ------------ - -The KDC now supports the pre-fork process model and worker processes will be -forked for the KDC when the pre-fork process model is selected for samba. - -prefork 'prefork children' --------------------------- - -The default value for this smdb.conf parameter has been increased from 1 to -4. - -netlogon prefork ----------------- - -DCERPC now supports pre-forked NETLOGON processes. The netlogon processes are -pre-forked when the prefork process model is selected for samba. - -Offline domain backups ----------------------- - -The 'samba-tool domain backup' command has been extended with a new 'offline' -option. This safely creates a backup of the local DC's database directly from -disk. The main benefits of an offline backup are it's quicker, it stores more -database details (for forensic purposes), and the samba process does not have -to be running when the backup is made. Refer to the samba-tool help for more -details on using this command. - -Group membership statistics ---------------------------- - -A new 'samba-tool group stats' command has been added. This provides summary -information about how the users are spread across groups in your domain. -The 'samba-tool group list --verbose' command has also been updated to include -the number of users in each group. - -prefork process restart ------------------------ - -The pre-fork process model now restarts failed processes. The delay between -restart attempts is controlled by the "prefork backoff increment" (default = 10) -and "prefork maximum backoff" (default = 120) smbd.conf parameters. A linear -back off strategy is used with "prefork backoff increment" added to the -delay between restart attempts up until it reaches "prefork maximum backoff". - -Using the default sequence the restart delays (in seconds) are: - 0, 10, 20, ..., 120, 120, ... - -standard process model ----------------------- - -When using the standard process model samba forks a new process to handle ldap -and netlogon connections. Samba now honours the 'max smbd processes' smb.conf -parameter. The default value of 0, indicates there is no limit. The limit -is applied individually to netlogon and ldap. When the process limit is -exceeded Samba drops new connections immediately. - -python3 support ---------------- - -The version of python which is now the default for samba is python3. -'configure' & 'make' will execute using python3. It is possible to still -specify an additional python version with '--extra-python' -e.g. '--extra-python=/usr/bin/python2'. It should be noted that support for -this option will be deprecated in a future release. - -What if I need to build with python2? To build with python2 you *must* set -the 'PYTHON' environent variable to override the python3 default for both -'configure' and 'make' steps. - - 'PYTHON=python2 ./configure.developer' -& - 'PYTHON=python2 make' - -Note: Support for python2 (with the exception of a build configured with - 'PYTHON=python2 ./configure --disable-python' and built with - 'PYTHON=python2 make' will be deprecated in the next release. - -JSON logging ------------- - -Authentication messages now contain the Windows Event Id "eventId" and logon -type "logonType". The supported event codes and logon types are: - Event codes: - 4624 Successful logon - 4625 Unsuccessful logon - - Logon Types: - 2 Interactive - 3 Network - 8 NetworkCleartext - -The version number for Authentication messages is now 1.1, changed from 1.0 - -Password change messages now contain the Windows Event Id "eventId", the -supported event Id's are: - 4723 Password changed - 4724 Password reset - -The version number for PasswordChange messages is now 1.1, changed from 1.0 - -Group membership change messages now contain the Windows Event Id "eventId", -the supported event Id's are: - 4728 A member was added to a security enabled global group - 4729 A member was removed from a security enabled global group - 4732 A member was added to a security enabled local group - 4733 A member was removed from a security enabled local group - 4746 A member was added to a security disabled local group - 4747 A member was removed from a security disabled local group - 4751 A member was added to a security disabled global group - 4752 A member was removed from a security disabled global group - 4756 A member was added to a security enabled universal group - 4757 A member was removed from a security enabled universal group - 4761 A member was added to a security disabled universal group - 4762 A member was removed from a security disabled universal group - - -The version number for GroupChange messages is now 1.1, changed from 1.0. Also -A GroupChange message is generated when a new user is created to log that the -user has been added to their primary group. - -The leading "JSON :" and source file prefix of the JSON formatted -log entries has been removed to make the parsing of the JSON log messages -easier. JSON log entries now start with 2 spaces followed by an opening brace -i.e. " {" - - - REMOVED FEATURES ================ -MIT Kerberos build of the AD DC -------------------------------- - -While not removed, the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is still -considered experimental. Because Samba will not issue security -patches for this configuration, such builds now require the explicit -configure option: --with-experimental-mit-ad-dc - -For further details see -https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Running_a_Samba_AD_DC_with_MIT_Kerberos_KDC - -samba_backup ------------- - -The samba_backup script has been removed. This has now been replaced by the -'samba-tool domain backup offline' command. smb.conf changes ================ Parameter Name Description Default -------------- ----------- ------- - prefork backoff increment Delay added to process restart 10 (seconds) - between attempts. - prefork maximum backoff Maximum delay for process between 120 (seconds) - process restart attempts - smbd search ask sharemode Name changed, old name was - "smbd:search ask sharemode" - smbd async dosmode Name changed, old name was - "smbd:async dosmode" - smbd max async dosmode Name changed, old name was - "smbd:max async dosmode" - smbd getinfo ask sharemode New: similar to "smbd search ask yes - sharemode" but for SMB getinfo + KNOWN ISSUES ============ -https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.10#Release_blocking_bugs +https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.11#Release_blocking_bugs ####################################### -- cgit v1.2.1