WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17p2 - October 14th 1997 =========================================== Update release: Samba - version 1.9.17p3. ----------------------------------------- This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version that all production Samba servers should be running for all current bug-fixes. Here are a list of the fixes in this release (the fixes introduced between 1.9.17p2 and 1.9.17p3) : 1). Removed truncation problem with long browse lists. 2). Crash bug when dead share mode memory entries need removing. 3). Race condition in slow share mode code. 4). Potential buffer overflow from password server. 5). Fix for read-prediction growing read-only files. 6). Many quota code fixes. 7). Fix for spelling mistake in attack warning :-). 8). Removed 'ERRbaddirectory' error code - caused problem with Visual Basic apps. 9). Allow 'hosts allow/deny' to work before client packet parsed. 10). Wrapping log file causes incorrect errors to be returned to the clients. 11). Crash fix for nmbd Get_Hostbyname bad return. 12). 'become_root' 'unbecome_root' added to fix changing uid problems. 13). No magic scripts or printing done on exceptional file close problems. Reporting bugs -------------- The Samba Team believes that this is a stable production release, but all software has bugs. If you have problems, or think you have found a bug please email a report to : samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au Stating the version number of Samba that you are running, and *full details* of the steps we need to reproduce the problem. As always, all bugs are our responsibility. Regards, The Samba Team. -------------Previous release notes------------------------- Security fix release: Samba - version 1.9.17p2. ---------------------------------------------- This new stable release fixes a very important security hole in all versions of Samba. The security hole allows a remote user to obtain root access on the Samba server. A program which exploits this bug has been posted to the internet. The security hole is only known to affect Samba servers running on Intel based hardware, and has only been demonstrated for Intel Linux. It is likley that exploits for other architectures would be very difficult but the possibility cannot be excluded completely. This patch fixes the security hole for all platforms. This patch also adds a routine which will log a message when a user attempts to take advantage of the security hole. A number of other minor bugs have also been fixed in this release. The Samba Team. -------------Previous release notes------------------------- New stable release of Samba - 1.9.17 ------------------------------------ This is the new stable release of Samba, superceeding the last stable release 1.9.16p11. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this new release as there have been many improvements to the code since that time. Changes since 1.9.16p11. ------------------------ Improved browsing support. -------------------------- Samba now should support propagation of browse lists across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this. *IMPORTANT* All Samba servers acting as local/domain master browsers must be running 1.9.17 (or later). Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new code on their corporate network. Improved share mode handling ---------------------------- The handling of share modes has been completely rewritten. Samba can now run agressive PC Benchmarks (Ziff-Davis NetBench) correctly with many hundreds of concurrent PC's. The confidence level on share mode handling in Samba is now much higher than it was previously. PC database packages should be safe when run against a Samba share. Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing this code for us. If at all possible compile Samba to use the new share mode handling with shared memory (set the flags FAST_SHARE_MODES in the Makefile). This will be *much* faster than old file-based share modes. FAST_SHARE_MODES have been turned on by default on the following platforms in the Makefile : Linux Solaris BSDI IRIX 5.x.x FreeBSD Roving profile support. ----------------------- Roving profiles are believed to work correctly with Windows NT 4.x and Windows 95. Domain logons are fully implemented *for Windows 95 machines only*. Updated documentation --------------------- All options are now documented in the smb.conf man page we believe. Much work has been done by Samba Team members to improve the quality and quantity of the Samba documentation. Many bugfixes and improvements ------------------------------ From around the 'net around the world. Many thanks to everyone who contributed. Commercial thanks. ------------------ Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support. Thanks to Silicon Graphics for the help with the cross subnet browsing and NetBench code. Thanks to Whistle for funding one of the Samba Team members. Reporting bugs -------------- The Samba Team believes that this is a stable production release, but all software has bugs. If you have problems, or think you have found a bug please email a report to : samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au Stating the version number of Samba that you are running, and *full details* of the steps we need to reproduce the problem. As always, all bugs are our responsibility. Regards, The Samba Team.