[Announce] Samba 4.2.1 Available for Download

[Karolin Seeger]

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Release Announcements
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This is the latest stable release of Samba 4.2.


Changes since 4.2.0:
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o   Michael Adam <obnox at samba.org>
    * BUG 8905: s3:winbind:grent: Don't stop group enumeration when a group has
      no gid.
    * BUG 10476: build:wafadmin: Fix use of spaces instead of tabs.
    * BUG 11143: s3-winbind: Fix cached user group lookup of trusted domains.


o   Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
    * BUG 10016: s3: lib: ntlmssp: If NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_TARGET_INFO isn't set,
      cope with servers that don't send the 2 unused fields.
    * BUG 10888: s3: client: "client use spnego principal = yes" code checks
      wrong name.
    * BUG 11079: s3: lib: libsmbclient: If reusing a server struct, check every
      cli->timout miliseconds if it's still valid before use.
    * BUG 11173: s3: libcli: smb1: Ensure we correctly finish a tevent req if
      the writev fails in the SMB1 case.
    * BUG 11175: Fix lots of winbindd zombie processes on Solaris platform.
    * BUG 11177: s3: libsmbclient: Add missing talloc stackframe.


o   Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    * BUG 11135: backupkey: Explicitly link to gnutls and gcrypt.
    * BUG 11174: backupkey: Use ndr_pull_struct_blob_all().


o   Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org>
    * BUG 11125: vfs_fruit: Enhance handling of malformed AppleDouble files.


o   Samuel Cabrero <samuelcabrero at kernevil.me>
    * BUG 9791: Initialize dwFlags field of DNS_RPC_NODE structure.


o   David Disseldorp <ddiss at samba.org>
    * BUG 11169: docs/idmap_rid: Remove deprecated base_rid from example.


o   Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
    * BUG 10476: waf: Fix the build on openbsd.


o   Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
    * BUG 11144: talloc: Version 2.1.2.
    * BUG 11164: s4:auth/gensec_gssapi: Let gensec_gssapi_update() return
      NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE for unknown errors.


o   Matthew Newton <matthew-git at newtoncomputing.co.uk>
    * BUG 11149: Update libwbclient version to 0.12.


o   Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
    * BUG 11018: spoolss: Retrieve published printer GUID if not in registry.
    * BUG 11135: replace: Remove superfluous check for gcrypt header.
    * BUG 11180: s4-process_model: Do not close random fds while forking.
    * BUG 11185: s3-passdb: Fix 'force user' with winbind default domain.


o   Christof Schmitt <cs at samba.org>
    * BUG 11153: brlock: Use 0 instead of empty initializer list.


o   Thomas Schulz <schulz at adi.com>
    * BUG 11092: lib: texpect: Fix the build on Solaris.
    * BUG 11140: libcli/auth: Match Declaration of
      netlogon_creds_cli_context_tmp with implementation.


o   Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org>
    * BUG 11137: Backport subunit changes.


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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.

If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
the problem then you will probably be ignored.  All bug reports should
be filed under the Samba 4.2 product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


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Download Details
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The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA).  The source code can be downloaded
from:

        http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/

The release notes are available online at:

	http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.2.1.html

Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis from

        http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/

Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
(https://bugzilla.samba.org/)

                        --Enjoy
                        The Samba Team