[Release Planning 4.6] Samba 4.6.0 scheduled for March 7

Rowland Penny repenny241155 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 11:30:22 UTC 2016


On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:39:54 +0530
Anoop C S <anoopcs at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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

s/discoverd/discovered/

> > 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

s/and/an/

> > 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
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

Two more, see above

Rowland



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