[Announce] Samba 3.5.0pre1 Available for Download

[Karolin Seeger]

Release Announcements
=====================

This is the first preview release of Samba 3.5.  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/.

Major enhancements in Samba 3.5.0 include:

General changes:
o Add support for full Windows timestamp resolution

Protocol changes:
o Experimental implementation of SMB2

Printing Changes:
o Add encryption support for connections to a CUPS server

Winbind changes:
o Major refactoring
o Asynchronous


General changes:
================

Support for full Windows timestamp resolution has been added. This effectively
makes us use Windows' full 100ns timestamp resolution if supported by the
kernel (2.6.22 and higher) and the glibc (2.6 and higher).

Protocol changes
================

An EXPERIMENTAL implementation of the SMB2 protocol has been added. SMB2 can be
enabled by setting "max protocol = smb2". SMB2 is a new implementation of the
SMB protocol used by Windows Vista and higher.

Printing Changes
================

A new parameter "cups encrypt" has been added to control whether connections to
CUPS servers will be encrypted or not. The default is to use unencrypted
connections.

Winbind changes
===============

The Winbind daemon has been refactored internally to be asynchronous. The new
Winbind will not be blocked by running 'wbinfo -g' or 'wbinfo -u'.


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Changes
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smb.conf changes
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   Parameter Name                      Description     Default
   --------------                      -----------     -------

   create krb5 conf		       New	       yes
   ctdb timeout			       New	       0
   cups encrypt			       New	       no
   debug hires timestamp	       Changed Default yes
   ldap follow referral		       New	       auto


New configure options
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--enable-external-libtalloc	Enable external tdb
--enable-netapi			Turn on netapi support
--enable-pthreadpool		Enable pthreads pool helper support
--with-cifsumount		Include umount.cifs (Linux only) support
--with-codepagedir=DIR		Where to put codepages


Commit Highlights
=================

o   Björn Jacke <bjacke at sernet.de>
    * Add support for full Windows timestamp resolution.
    * Add encryption support for connections to a CUPS server.


o   Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
    * Major internal refactoring of the Winbind daemon.
    * Make Winbind asynchronous.


o   Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
    * Implement the new SMB2 protocol (experimental).


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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 3.5 product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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