[Announce] Samba 3.5.0 Available for Download
yaberger at ca.ibm.com
yaberger at ca.ibm.com
Mon Mar 1 08:23:39 MST 2010
Hello Karolin,
First off, congratulations to you and everyone who has worked on this
release.
Based on this statement on the Samba Wiki, I'm wondering what is the
upcoming release cycle.
"The regular Samba3 release cycle intends a new major release every six
month (around July 1 and December 15)"
01-July-2008 - 3.2.0 final has been released.
01-March-2010 - Samba 3.2 discontinued
27-January-2009 - Samba 3.3.0 has been released
should be discontinued around July 2010 with the release of 3.6.0
3-July-2009 - Samba 3.4.0 has been released
should be discontinued around December 2010 with the release of 3.7.0
01-March-2010 - Samba 3.5.0 has been released
should be discontinued around July 2011 with the release of 3.8.0
with the 2.5 months gap that we got between the release of 3.5.0 vs the
intended release cycle, is there any chance that the intended release
cycle get moved around March 1 and September 15, which would result in:
3.3.0 should be discontinued around September 2010 with the release of
3.6.0
3.4.0 should be discontinued around March 2011 with the release of 3.7.0
3.5.0 should be discontinued around September 2011 with the release of
3.8.0
that would provide everyone a small breath in the upgrade schedule to stay
on a maintained release
and would probably allow you to get a few more things pushed in the
upcoming 3.6.0 release
Also, I'm wondering if there could be some kind of "long term support"
release, which could be supported for security issues for more than 18
months (3 years would be awesome)
Regards,
Yannick Bergeron
yaberger at ca.ibm.com
IT Specialist
AIX / Samba / Load Balancer / DCE/DFS / SCM / Apache / Security / Perl
scripting / etc.
From:
Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
To:
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Date:
2010/03/01 08:45 AM
Subject:
[Announce] Samba 3.5.0 Available for Download
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=================================================================
“Perfection is attained
by slow degrees;
it requires the hand of
time”
Voltaire
=================================================================
Release Announcements
=====================
This is the first stable release of Samba 3.5.
Major enhancements in Samba 3.5.0 include:
General changes:
o Add support for full Windows timestamp resolution
o The Using Samba HTML book has been removed.
o 'net', 'smbclient' and libsmbclient can use credentials cached by
Winbind.
o The default value of "wide links" has been changed to "no".
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
VFS modules:
o New vfs_scannedonly module has been added.
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).
The Using Samba HTML book has been removed from the Samba tarball.
It is still available at
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/toc.html.
Samba client tools like 'net', 'smbclient' and libsmbclient can use the
user
credentials cached by Winbind at logon time. This is very useful e.g. when
connecting to a Samba server using Nautilus without re-entering username
and
password. This feature is enabled by default and can be disabled per
application
by setting the LIBSMBCLIENT_NO_CCACHE environment variable.
The default value of "wide links" has been changed to "no" to avoid an
insecure
default configuration ("wide links = yes" and "unix extensions = yes").
For
more details, please see
http://www.samba.org/samba/news/symlink_attack.html.
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 'getent group' or 'getent passwd'.
VFS modules
===========
A new VFS module "scannedonly" has been added. This is a filter that
talks to an antivirus-engine and stores whether a file is clean or not.
Users do only see clean files on their filesystem.
######################################################################
Changes
#######
smb.conf changes
----------------
Parameter Name Description Default
-------------- ----------- -------
create krb5 conf New yes
ctdb timeout New 0
cups encrypt New no
debug hires timestamp Changed Default yes
ldap deref New auto
ldap follow referral New auto
nmbd bind explicit broadcast New no
wide links Changed
Default no
New configure options
---------------------
--enable-external-libtdb 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 <bj 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.
* Make 'net', 'smbclient' and libsmbclient use the logon credentials
cached
by Winbind.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* Implement the new SMB2 protocol (experimental).
Changes since 3.5.0rc3
----------------------
o Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
* BUG 7181: Fix 'net ads dns' usage calls.
* BUG 7182: Fix uninitialized variable in wkssvc_enumerateusers.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 7145: Fix duplicate sam and unix accounts.
* BUG 7166: Avoid calling cli_alloc_mid twice in cli_smb_req_iov_send.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 7160: Keep the the correct negotiate_flags on the cli->dc
structure.
Changes since 3.5.0rc2
----------------------
o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 6557: Fix vfs_full_audit.
* BUG 6876: Fix duplicate initializer in the rmdir module.
* BUG 7063: Fix core dump on Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit.
* BUG 7067: Fix failing of smbd to respond to a read or a write caused
by
Linux asynchronous IO (aio).
* BUG 7069: Fix 'smbget' error status.
* BUG 7072: Fix unlocking of accounts from ldap.
* BUG 7079 Cliconnect gets realm wrong with trusted domains.
* BUG 7081: Fix vfs_expand_msdfs.
* BUG 7084: Fix storing of create time on directories in an EA in new
create time code.
* BUG 7104: "wide links" and "unix extensions" are incompatible.
* BUG 7118: Fix nmbd problems with socket address.
* BUG 7122: Fix reading of large browselist.
* BUG 7154: "mangling method = hash" can crash storing a name
containing a '.'.
* BUG 7155: Valgrind Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised
value(s) error when "mangling method = hash"..
o Steven Danneman <steven.danneman at isilon.com>
* BUG 7096: Fix string buffer overflow causing heap corruption in
smbd.
o Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
* BUG 6888: Fix printing with 64 bit clients.
* BUG 7130: Fix listing of printjobs in Windows 7.
* BUG 7148: Fix get_acl_blob in the acl_tdb VFS module.
o Björn Jacke <bj at sernet.de>
* BUG 7103: Fix build issue on Tru64.
* BUG 7116: Change ldap filter to what really was intended.
* Fix some wrong newlines in de translation strings.
o Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
* BUG 6868: Fix crash bug in 'cifs.upcall'.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 7085: Fix an early release of the global lock that can cause
data
corruption in libtdb.
* BUG 7139: Owner of file not available with Kerberos.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 6888: Fix printing with 64 bit clients.
* BUG 7098: Fix results of 'smbclient -L' with a large browse list.
* BUG 7116: Add pdb_ldap performance fixes.
* BUG 7118: Add new "nmbd bind explicit broadcast" parameter.
* BUG 7119: Support large browselist.
* BUG 7140: Fix IPv4/IPv6 problems.
o Lars Müller <lars at samba.org>
* BUG 7071: Fix build of 'smbfilter'.
* BUG 7047: Add cross option to samba_cv_linux_getgrouplist_ok.
* BUG 7102: Normalize "Changing password for" msg IDs and STRs.
o Olivier Sessink <olivier at virtscano.fakenet>
* BUG 7076: Fix build of vfs_scannedonly on AIX.
o Bo Yang <boyang at samba.org>
* BUG 7106: Fix malformed require_membership_of_sid.
Changes since 3.5.0rc1
----------------------
o Michael Adam <obnox at samba.org>
* BUG 4347: Check password history before increasing
"badPasswordCount".
o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 5202: Fix changing of ACLs on writable file with "dos
filemode=yes".
* BUG 6876: Fix deletion of an object whose parent folder does not
have delete
rights fails even if the delete right is set on the object in
vfs_acl_xattr and vfs_acl_tdb.
* BUG 7033: Fix SMBrmdir error message when deleting a directory
fails.
* BUG 7036: Fix 'net rpc getsid' in hardened Windows environments.
* BUG 7045: Fix bad (non memory copying) interfaces in smbc_setXXXX
calls.
o Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com>
* BUG 7029: Disable sanity check in NetShareEnum for better
compatibility
with Windows.
o Kai Blin <kai at samba.org>
* BUG 7039: Fix compile error with WITH_DNS_UPDATE. Update .po files.
o Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
* BUG 7043: Fix crash bug in libsmbclient.
o André Hentschel <nerv at dawncrow.de>
* BUG 7039: Complete German translation of 'net'.
o Björn Jacke <bj at sernet.de>
* BUG 7039: Improve some German translations in 'net'.
o William Jojo <w.jojo at hvcc.edu>
* BUG 7052: Fix DFS on AIX.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 6981: Fix large paged search with DirX LDAP servers.
* BUG 7027: Fix a segfault in winbindd_dual_ccache_ntlm_auth().
* BUG 7037: Fix a Winbind segfault in "trusted_domains".
* BUG 7046: Fix libsmbclient crash against OpenSolaris CIFS server.
* BUG 7062: Make 'net', 'smbclient' and libsmbclient use the logon
credentials cached by Winbind.
* Lock down some srvsvc calls according to what w2k3 seems to do.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 6157: Restore Samba 3.0.x behavior and use the first "uid" value
in
pdb_ldap.
o SASAJIMA Toshihiro <sasajima_t at jp.fujitsu.com>
* BUG 7034: Fix segfault in vfs_cap.
o Olivier Sessink <oliviersessink at gmail.com>
* BUG 7028: Add new scannedonly VFS module.
Changes since 3.5.0pre2
-----------------------
o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 6837: Fix "Too many open files" when trying to access large
number of
files with Windows 7.
* BUG 6939: Fix long filenames when "mangling method" is set to
"hash".
* BUG 7020: Fix smbd using 2G memory.
* Ensure dos_mode can return FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, then filter the
returned
attributes by protocol level.
* Vector correctly through reply_openerror() (which uses the same
logic).
* Fix bugs with the full Windows ACL support.
o Kai Blin <kai at samba.org>
* Add a few missing gettext calls to the 'net' command.
* Fix up a share type translation and translate some more strings in
'net'.
o Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
* Allow to call "pdbedit -N description -u user" without specifiyng
"-r".
* Add spoolss_DriverInfo7.
* Fix rpcclient after setprinter IDL fixes.
* Use generated krb5.conf in 'net ads testjoin'.
o Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski+samba at gmail.com>
* BUG 6992: make test for getgrouplist cacheable.
o André Hentschel <nerv at dawncrow.de>
* Add some German translations for the 'net' command.
o Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman at suse.de>
* Update mount.cifs man page with nounix option.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* Fix _samr_GetAliasMembership for results with 0 rids.
* Fix an error case in cli_negprot.
* Add a lower-cost alternative to wbinfo -t: wbinfo --ping-dc.
* Restore correct timeouts for SMB requests.
* Fix a 64-bit error in libsmb.
* Replace IS_DOMAIN_OFFLINE by a function in Winbind.
* Simplify/cleanup Winbind code.
o Kamen Mazdrashki <kamen.mazdrashki at postpath.com>
* Fix write behind memory block in libtalloc.
* Fix result check for getaddrinfo().
o Jim McDonough <jmcd at samba.org>
* BUG 7014: Fix Winbind crash when retrieving empty group members.
o Brian Lu <brian.lu at sun.com>
* BUG 6991: Create symbol links to shared libraries.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* Add tsocket_address_bsd_sockaddr() and
tsocket_address_bsd_from_sockaddr()
to tsocket.
* Always set tdb->tracefd to -1 to be safe on goto fail in libtdb.
* Add TDB_DISALLOW_NESTING and make TDB_ALLOW_NESTING the default
behavior.
* Fix standalone 'make installdocs'.
o Peter Rosin <peda at lysator.liu.se>
* Output %p as unsigned in snprintf replacement.
o Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg at gmail.com>
* New attempt at TDB transaction nesting allow/disallow.
o Kirill Smelkov <kirr at mns.spb.ru>
* Remove swig stuff from libtdb.
* Reset tdb->fd to -1 in tdb_close() in libtdb.
o Simo Sorce <idra at samba.org>
* Change the way mksysms work in libtalloc.
o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org>
* Also build and install tdb manpages from standalone tdb.
o Bo Yang <boyang at samba.org>
* Fix infinite loop in NCACN_IP_TCP as there is no timeout.
* Make winbindd_cache.c aware of domain offline to avoid unnecessary
backend
query.
* List trusted domains from wcache when domain is offline.
Changes since 3.5.0pre1
-----------------------
o Michael Adam <obnox at samba.org>
* Fix the build when no external talloc and tdb are installed.
* Fix detection of CTDB headers on systems without system-libtalloc.
o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 6802: A created folder does not properly inherit permissions
from
parent in vfs_acl_xattr.
* BUG 6837: "Too many open files" when trying to access large number
of
files from Windows 7.
* BUG 6938 : No hook exists to check creation rights when using
acl_xattr
module.
* Fix vfs_acl_xattr which was failing to call the NEXT connect
function.
* Restructure the ACL code.
* Refactor reply_rmdir to use handle based code.
o Dan Cox <dan at wep.net>
* BUG 2350: Add LDAP Alias Dereferencing support.
o Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
* BUG 6929: Fix build with recent heimdal.
* Fix several printing issues.
* Fix the build on Mac OS X 10.6.2.
* Fix net and rpcclient after setprinterdataex changes.
* Add full support for level 8 printer drivers.
* Add more spoolss architectures to IDL.
* Fix enumprinter key client and server.
* Fix crash in EnumPrinterDataEx.
o Björn Jacke <bj at sernet.de>
* Prefer posix_fallocate for doing "strict allocate".
o Matt Kraai <mkraai at beckman.com>
* BUG 6860: Fix shared library build on QNX.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 6288: SWAT adds a second share when changing parameters of an
existing
share.
* BUG 6435: Fix minor memory corruption.
* Restore "fake directory create times" as a share parameter.
* Fix explicit stat64 support.
* Add support for NetWkstaGetInfo 101 and 102.
* Add rpcclient wkssvc_enumerateusers.
* De-deprecate "write cache size" to prevent its removal without a
proper
alternative.
* Allow more than 1000 users in BUILTIN\Users.
o Jim McDonough <jmcd at samba.org>
* BUG 6967: Prevent glibc error on 'net ads join'.
o Lars Müller <lars at samba.org>
* BUG 6710: Only install the cifs.upcall man page if CIFSUPCALL_PROGS
was
set while configure.
o Ian Puleston <ipuleston at sonicwall.com>
* Complete support for NetWkstaGetInfo/NetWkstaEnumUsers.
o Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>
* Fix the build of the example VFS modules.
o Bo Yang <boyang at samba.org>
* BUG 6879: Fix crash in Winbind.
* Fix crash in free_file_list().
* Give the user a chance to change password when password will expire
soon.
######################################################################
Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
#######################################
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/).
======================================================================
== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
======================================================================
================
Download Details
================
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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-3.5.0.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.
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