[Release Planning 4.6] Samba 4.6.0 scheduled for March 7
Anoop C S
anoopcs at redhat.com
Wed Dec 14 11:09:54 UTC 2016
On Wed, 2016-12-14 at 11:33 +0100, Andreas Schneider wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 December 2016 11:24:28 CET Andreas Schneider wrote:
> > On Thursday, 8 December 2016 09:55:01 CET Karolin Seeger wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 11/24/2016 01:01 PM, Uri Simchoni wrote:
> > > > Hopefully the attached version strikes a better balance between brevity
> > > > and providing of useful information (the information is also in the man
> > > > page).
> > >
> > > many thanks to Uri and Ralph who already provided some information! :-)
> > >
> > > But well, I don't think it's all that should be mentioned!
> > > Only ~2 weeks left... So guys, please provide some information about
> > > your fancy new features!
> >
> > Here is an update for Printing and ID Mapping.
> >
>
> With a typo fixed now. Thanks Volker ;-)
>
> From a77f24ac8ddb9232744c6bad1000acd39f224c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:15:38 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] WHATSNEW: Use capital K for Kerberos
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> ---
> WHATSNEW.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
> index 39445cc0695..b344ca4fcaf 100644
> --- a/WHATSNEW.txt
> +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ setting, but are advised to switch to the correct spelling.
> NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
> ====================
>
> -kerberos client encryption types
> +Kerberos client encryption types
> --------------------------------
> Some parts of Samba (most notably winbindd) perform Kerberos client
> operations based on a Samba-generated krb5.conf file. A new
> --
> 2.11.0
>
>
> From f39780d845d27bc1207a1a93e5341ffe08938f86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:25:45 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 2/3] WHATSNEW: Add Printing changes
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> ---
> WHATSNEW.txt | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
> index b344ca4fcaf..89ff5af2dd8 100644
> --- a/WHATSNEW.txt
> +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
> @@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ only allows AES-based algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to
> This can solves some corner cases of mixed environments with Server 2003R2 and
> newer DCs.
>
> +Printing
> +--------
> +Support for uploading printer drivers from newer Windows clients (Windows 10)
> +has been added until our implmentation of [MS-PAR] protocol is ready.
> +Several issues with uploading different printing drivers have been addressed.
> +
> +The OS Version for the printing server has been increased to announce
> +Winndows Server 2003 R2 SP2. If a driver needs a newer version then you should
One more :-)
s/Winndows/Windows
> +check the smb.conf manpage for details.
>
> new option for owner inheritance
> --------------------------------
> --
> 2.11.0
>
>
> From 5523d897f7e6be495c330a86b32c7233e3d0ebee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 11:23:10 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] WHATSNEW: Add some information about ID mapping
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
> ---
> WHATSNEW.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
> index 89ff5af2dd8..6b3c178293e 100644
> --- a/WHATSNEW.txt
> +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
> @@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ next Samba version 4.7 will not accept the wrong spelling.
> Users who were using the wrong spelling "ressource" with two "s" can keep the
> setting, but are advised to switch to the correct spelling.
>
> +ID Mapping
> +----------
> +We discoverd that the majority of users have an invalid or incorrect ID mapping
> +configuration. We implemented checks in the 'testparm' tool to validate the ID
> +mapping configuration. You should run it and check if it prints any warnings or
> +errors after upgrading! If it does you should fix them. See the 'ID Mapping'
> +section in the smb.conf manpage.
> +There are some ID mapping backends which are not allowed to be used for the
> +default backend. Winbind will no longer start if and invalid backend is
> +configured as the default backend.
> +
> +To avoid problems in future we advise all users to run 'testparm' after
> +changing the smb.conf file!
> +
> NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
> ====================
>
> --
> 2.11.0
>
>
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