svn commit: samba-web r1164 - in trunk: . history news/releases
jelmer at samba.org
jelmer at samba.org
Thu Dec 20 00:26:07 GMT 2007
Author: jelmer
Date: 2007-12-20 00:26:05 +0000 (Thu, 20 Dec 2007)
New Revision: 1164
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=1164
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Add release notes for samba 4 alpha2.
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trunk/history/samba-4.0.0alpha2.html
trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+
+<head>
+<title>Samba - Release Notes Archive</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+ <H2>Samba 4.0.0alpha2 Available for Download</H2>
+
+<p>
+<pre>
+What's new in Samba 4 alpha2
+============================
+
+Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being
+developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in
+this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
+by Windows 2000 and above.
+
+Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in
+production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file,
+which aims to document what should and should not work.
+
+Samba4 alpha2 follows on from our first alpha release, made in
+September, and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some
+time now.
+
+WARNINGS
+========
+
+Samba4 alpha2 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference
+to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a
+statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad
+deployment yet. If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to
+Samba4, you would find many things work, but that other key features
+you may have relied on simply are not there yet.
+
+For example, while Samba 3.0 is an excellent member of a Active
+Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller: (This is
+where we have done most of the research and development).
+
+While Samba4 is subjected to an awesome battery of tests on an
+automated basis, and we have found Samba4 to be very stable in it's
+behaviour, we have to recommend against upgrading production servers
+from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at this stage. If you are upgrading an
+experimental server, or looking to develop and test Samba, you should
+backup all configuration and data.
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment
+used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join
+and domain logon operations with these clients.
+
+Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in
+LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) as well as the
+Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate
+the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we
+issue.
+
+The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the filesystem on the server to
+match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match
+windows behaviour and application expectations. This includes file
+annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The
+VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite.
+
+A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing
+Python programs to interface to Samba's internals.
+
+The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that
+can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports
+standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are
+working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend.
+We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large
+directories.
+
+CHANGES SINCE Alpha 1
+=====================
+
+In the time since Samba4 Alpha1 was released in September 2007, Samba has
+continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas:
+
+ MMC Support: The Active Directory Users and Computers console now
+ handles group membership correctly.
+
+ member/memberOf: These and other linked attributes are now kept in
+ sync
+
+ subtree renames: Renaming a subtree of LDAP objects is now possible,
+ with all linked attributes being kept consistent.
+
+ Python Bindings: Bindings for a future move to Python as the
+ internal scripting language have been created.
+
+ Shared library use: In support of projects such as OpenChange,
+ which depend on Samba4, more of Samba4 is built as shared libraries.
+
+These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past few
+months. More details can be found in our SVN history.
+
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
+since that release series in the NEWS file.
+
+KNOWN ISSUES
+============
+
+- Domain member support is in it's infancy, and is not comparable to
+ the support found in Samba3.
+
+- There is no printing support in the current release.
+
+- The Samba4 port of the CTDB clustering support is not yet complete
+
+- Clock Synchronisation is critical. Many 'wrong password' errors are
+ actually due to Kerberos objecting to a clock skew between client
+ and server.
+
+RUNNING Samba4
+==============
+
+A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file
+in root of the tarball, and in the wiki at:
+http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO.
+
+========================
+Development and Feedback
+========================
+Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/ but please be aware
+that many features are simply not expected to work at this stage.
+
+The Samba Wiki at http://wiki.samba.org should detail some of these
+development plans.
+
+Development and general discussion about Samba 4 happens mainly on
+the #samba-technical IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and
+the samba-technical mailing list (see http://lists.samba.org/ for
+details).
+</pre>
+</body>
+</html>
Added: trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html
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--- trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html 2007-12-14 12:18:11 UTC (rev 1163)
+++ trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html 2007-12-20 00:26:05 UTC (rev 1164)
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+ <h3><a name="4.0.0alpha2">Samba 4.0.0alpha2 Available for Download</a></h3>
+
+ <div class="article">
+
+ <p>Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being
+ developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in
+ this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
+ by Windows 2000 and above.</p>
+
+ <p>Samba 4 is currently <b>not</b> yet in a state where it is usable in
+ production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file,
+ which aims to document what should and should not work.</p>
+
+ <p>Samba4 alpha2 follows on from our first alpha release, made in
+ September, and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some
+ time now. </p>
+
+ <p>The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed
+ using Andrews GnuPG key (ID 28B436BB). The source code can be
+ <a href="/samba/ftp/samba4/">downloaded now</a>. See the
+ <a href="/samba/history/samba-4.0.0alpha2.html">release notes</a>
+ for more information.</p>
+ </div>
+
+
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