[Samba] [Announce] Samba 3.5.0pre2 Available for Download

Tue Dec 15 05:56:00 MST 2009

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

This is the second 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 deref			       New	       auto
   ldap follow referral		       New	       auto

New configure options
---------------------

--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 <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.

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

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.

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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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