[Samba] [Announce] Samba 4.2.3 Available for Download

Tue Jul 14 11:18:14 UTC 2015

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Release Announcements
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This is the latest stable release of Samba 4.2.

Changes since 4.2.2:
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o   Michael Adam <obnox at samba.org>
    * BUG 11366: docs: Overhaul the description of "smb encrypt" to include SMB3
      encryption.

o   Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
    * BUG 11068: s3: lib: util: Ensure we read a hex number as %x, not %u.
    * BUG 11295: Excessive cli_resolve_path() usage can slow down transmission.
    * BUG 11328: winbindd: winbindd_raw_kerberos_login - ensure logon_info
      exists in PAC.
    * BUG 11339: s3: smbd: Use separate flag to track
      become_root()/unbecome_root() state.
    * BUG 11342: s3: smbd: Codenomicon crash in do_smb_load_module().

o   Christian Ambach <ambi at samba.org>
    * BUG 11170: s3:param/loadparm: Fix 'testparm --show-all-parameters'.

o   Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
    * BUG 10991: winbindd: Sync secrets.ldb into secrets.tdb on startup.

o   Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org>
    * BUG 11277: s3:smb2: Add padding to last command in compound requests.
    * BUG 11305: vfs_fruit: Add option "veto_appledouble".
    * BUG 11323: smbd/trans2: Add a useful diagnostic for files with bad
      encoding.
    * BUG 11363: vfs_fruit: Check offset and length for AFP_AfpInfo read
      requests.
    * BUG 11371: ncacn_http: Fix GNUism.

o   Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
    * BUG 11245: s3-rpc_server: Fix rpc_create_tcpip_sockets() processing of
      interfaces.

o   Alexander Drozdov <al.drozdov at gmail.com>
    * BUG 11331: tdb: version 1.3.5: ABI change: tdb_chainlock_read_nonblock()
      has been added.

o   Evangelos Foutras <evangelos at foutrelis.com>
    * BUG 8780: s4:lib/tls: Fix build with gnutls 3.4.

o   David Holder <david.holder at erion.co.uk>
    * BUG 11281: Add IPv6 support to ADS client side LDAP connects.
    * BUG 11282: Add IPv6 support for determining FQDN during ADS join.
    * BUG 11283: s3: IPv6 enabled DNS connections for ADS client.

o   Steve Howells <steve.howells at moscowfirst.com>
    * BUG 10924: s4.2/fsmo.py: Fixed fsmo transfer exception.

o   Amitay Isaacs <amitay at gmail.com>
    * BUG 11293: Fix invalid write in ctdb_lock_context_destructor.

o   Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
    * BUG 11218: smbd: Fix a use-after-free.
    * BUG 11312: tstream: Make socketpair nonblocking.
    * BUG 11330: tevent: Fix CID 1035381 Unchecked return value.
    * BUG 11331: tdb: Fix CID 1034842 and 1034841 Resource leaks.

o   Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
    * BUG 11061: Logon via MS Remote Desktop hangs.
    * BUG 11141: tevent: Add a note to tevent_add_fd().
    * BUG 11293: Fix invalid write in ctdb_lock_context_destructor.
    * BUG 11316: tevent_fd needs to be destroyed before closing the fd.
    * BUG 11319: Build fails on Solaris 11 with "‘PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST’
      undeclared".
    * BUG 11326: Robust mutex support broken in 1.3.5.
    * BUG 11329: s3:smb2_setinfo: Fix memory leak in the defer_rename case.
    * BUG 11330: Backport tevent-0.9.25.
    * BUG 11331: Backport tdb-1.3.6.
    * BUG 11367: s3:auth_domain: Fix talloc problem in
      connect_to_domain_password_server().

o   Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfeld at samba.org>
    * BUG 11315: Group creation: Add msSFU30Name only when --nis-domain was
      given.

o   Matthieu Patou <mat at matws.net>
    * BUG 11356: pidl: Make the compilation of PIDL producing the same results
      if the content hasn't change.

o   Noel Power <noel.power at suse.com>
    * BUG 11328: Kerberos auth info3 should contain resource group ids available
      from pac_logon.

o   Gordon Ross <gordon.w.ross at gmail.com>
    * BUG 11330: lib: tevent: Fix compile error in Solaris ports backend.

o   Christof Schmitt <cs at samba.org>
    * BUG 11313: idmap_rfc2307: Fix wbinfo '--gid-to-sid' query.
    * BUG 11324: Change sharesec output back to previous format.

o   Uri Simchoni <urisimchoni at gmail.com>
    * BUG 11358: winbindd: Disconnect child process if request is cancelled at
      main process.

o   Petr Viktorin <pviktori at redhat.com>
    * BUG 11330: Backport tevent-0.9.25.

o   Youzhong Yang <yyang at mathworks.com>
    * BUG 11217: s3-unix_msg: Remove socket file after closing socket fd.

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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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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 4.2 product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).

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Download Details
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The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
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-4.2.3.html

Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis from

        http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/

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                        --Enjoy
                        The Samba Team