[SCM] Samba Shared Repository - branch master updated
Karolin Seeger
kseeger at samba.org
Mon Jan 15 01:52:02 UTC 2018
The branch, master has been updated
via 0d62579 VERSION: Bump version up to 4.9.0pre1...
via e5f4aff VERSION: Bump version up to 4.8.0rc1...
via 59a07e3 WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.8.0rc1.
from 0580a23 s4:torture: Improve error message in whoami test
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=shortlog;h=master
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commit 0d62579a41fc4a04c299ec8a3537bf5db149149b
Author: Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Date: Thu Jan 11 11:11:56 2018 +0100
VERSION: Bump version up to 4.9.0pre1...
and re-enable GIT_SNAPSHOT.
Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
Autobuild-User(master): Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Autobuild-Date(master): Mon Jan 15 02:51:51 CET 2018 on sn-devel-144
commit e5f4aff68507cdfcacc551235e4a6f2edbb9da45
Author: Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Date: Thu Jan 11 11:01:57 2018 +0100
VERSION: Bump version up to 4.8.0rc1...
and disable GIT_SNAPSHOT for the release.
Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
commit 59a07e3fc78c859b96aa148e37ecda481c2393cd
Author: Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Date: Thu Jan 11 10:02:33 2018 +0100
WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.8.0rc1.
Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
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Summary of changes:
VERSION | 2 +-
WHATSNEW.txt | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
Changeset truncated at 500 lines:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b60d783..df13d4c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
# -> "3.0.0" #
########################################################
SAMBA_VERSION_MAJOR=4
-SAMBA_VERSION_MINOR=8
+SAMBA_VERSION_MINOR=9
SAMBA_VERSION_RELEASE=0
########################################################
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index f1e43f4..f2da373 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.8. This is *not*
+This is the first release candidate of Samba 4.8. 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/.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
KDC GPO application
-------------------
-Adds Group Policy support for the samba kdc. Applies password policies
+Adds Group Policy support for the Samba kdc. Applies password policies
(minimum/maximum password age, minimum password length, and password
complexity) and kerberos policies (user/service ticket lifetime and
renew lifetime).
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ policy. Can be applied automatically by setting
'server services = +gpoupdate'.
Time Machine Support with vfs_fruit
-===================================
+-----------------------------------
+
Samba can be configured as a Time Machine target for Apple Mac devices
through the vfs_fruit module. When enabling a share for Time Machine
support the relevant Avahi records to support discovery will be published
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ Shares can be designated as a Time Machine share with the following setting:
'fruit:time machine = yes'
Support for lower casing the MDNS Name
-======================================
+--------------------------------------
+
Allows the server name that is advertised through MDNS to be set to the
hostname rather than the Samba NETBIOS name. This allows an administrator
to make Samba registered MDNS records match the case of the hostname
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ This can be set with the following settings:
'mdns name = mdns'
Encrypted secrets
-=================
+-----------------
+
Attributes deemed to be sensitive are now encrypted on disk. The sensitive
values are currently:
pekList
@@ -72,46 +75,21 @@ values are currently:
This encryption is enabled by default on a new provision or join, it
can be disabled at provision or join time with the new option
---plaintext-secrets.
+'--plaintext-secrets'.
However, an in-place upgrade will not encrypt the database.
Once encrypted, it is not possible to do an in-place downgrade (eg to
4.7) of the database. To obtain an unencrypted copy of the database a
-new DC join should be performed, specifying the --plaintext-secrets
+new DC join should be performed, specifying the '--plaintext-secrets'
option.
The key file "encrypted_secrets.key" is created in the same directory
as the database and should NEVER be disclosed. It is included by the
samba_backup script.
-smb.conf changes
-================
-
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
- auth methods Removed
- binddns dir New
- client schannel Default changed/ yes
- Deprecated
- gpo update command New
- ldap ssl ads Deprecated
- map untrusted to domain Removed
- oplock contention limit Removed
- prefork children New 1
- mdns name Added netbios
- fruit:time machine Added false
- profile acls Removed
- use spnego Removed
- server schannel Default changed/ yes
- Deprecated
- unicode Deprecated
- winbind scan trusted domains New yes
- winbind trusted domains only Removed
-
-
NT4-style replication based net commands removed
-================================================
+------------------------------------------------
The following commands and sub-commands have been removed from the
"net" utility:
@@ -134,7 +112,7 @@ commands have been removed from rpcclient.
supported.
vfs_aio_linux module removed
-============================
+----------------------------
The current Linux kernel aio does not match what Samba would
do. Shipping code that uses it leads people to false
@@ -143,7 +121,7 @@ there is no special module required to see benefits of read and write
request being sent do the disk in parallel.
smbclient reparse point symlink parameters reversed
-===================================================
+---------------------------------------------------
A bug in smbclient caused the 'symlink' command to reverse the
meaning of the new name and link target parameters when creating a
@@ -169,23 +147,50 @@ domains. Some pam_winbind setups may also require the global list.
If you have a setup that doesn't require the global list, you should set
"winbind scan trusted domains = no".
+
REMOVED FEATURES
================
-The two commands "net serverid list" and "net serverid wipe" have been
+The two commands 'net serverid list' and 'net serverid wipe' have been
removed, because the file serverid.tdb is not used anymore.
-"net serverid list" can be replaced by listing all files in the
+'net serverid list' can be replaced by listing all files in the
subdirectory "msg.lock" of Samba's "lock directory". The unique id
-listed by "net serverid list" is stored in every process' lockfile in
+listed by 'net serverid list' is stored in every process' lockfile in
"msg.lock".
-"net serverid wipe" is not necessary anymore. It was meant primarily
+'net serverid wipe' is not necessary anymore. It was meant primarily
for clustered environments, where the serverid.tdb file was not
properly cleaned up after single node crashes. Nowadays smbd and
winbind take care of cleaning up the msg.lock and msg.sock directories
automatically.
+
+smb.conf changes
+================
+
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
+ auth methods Removed
+ binddns dir New
+ client schannel Default changed/ yes
+ Deprecated
+ gpo update command New
+ ldap ssl ads Deprecated
+ map untrusted to domain Removed
+ oplock contention limit Removed
+ prefork children New 1
+ mdns name Added netbios
+ fruit:time machine Added false
+ profile acls Removed
+ use spnego Removed
+ server schannel Default changed/ yes
+ Deprecated
+ unicode Deprecated
+ winbind scan trusted domains New yes
+ winbind trusted domains only Removed
+
+
KNOWN ISSUES
============
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