[Samba] [Announce] Samba 4.20.8 Available for Download

Jule Anger janger at samba.org
Tue Mar 25 14:59:19 UTC 2025


Release Announcements
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This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.20 release series.


Changes since 4.20.7
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o  Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
    * BUG 15782: winbindd shows memleak in kerberos_decode_pac.

o  Douglas Bagnall <douglas.bagnall at catalyst.net.nz>
    * BUG 15738: Creation of GPOs applicable to more than one group is 
impossible
      with Samba 4.20.0 and later.
    * BUG 15795: ldb index cache is too small on known large transactions
      (schemaupgrade, provision).

o  Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org>
    * BUG 15151: vfs_gpfs silently garbles timestamps > year 2106.
    * BUG 15796: Spotlight search results don't show file size and 
creation date.

o  Guenther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
    * BUG 15703: General improvements for vfs_ceph_new module.

o  Andréas Leroux <aleroux at tranquil.it>
    * BUG 15795: ldb index cache is too small on known large transactions
      (schemaupgrade, provision).

o  Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
    * BUG 14213: Windows Explorer crashes on S-1-22-* Unix-SIDs when 
accessing
      security tab.
    * BUG 15783: NETLOGON_NTLMV2_ENABLED is missing in the SamLogon* 
user_flags
      field.

o  Anoop C S <anoopcs at samba.org>
    * BUG 15703: General improvements for vfs_ceph_new module.
    * BUG 15797: Unable to connect to CephFS subvolume shares with
      vfs_shadow_copy2.

o  Martin Schwenke <mschwenke at ddn.com>
    * BUG 15820: Incorrect FSF address in ctdb pcp scripts.

o  Shachar Sharon <ssharon at redhat.com>
    * BUG 15703: General improvements for vfs_ceph_new module.

o  Shweta Sodani <ssodani at redhat.com>
    * BUG 15703: General improvements for vfs_ceph_new module.

o  Jo Sutton <josutton at catalyst.net.nz>
    * BUG 15634: unicodePwd cannot be modified over ldapi.

o  Andrea Venturoli <ml at netfence.it>
    * BUG 15804: "samba-tool domain backup offline" hangs.


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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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joining the #samba-technical:matrix.org matrix room, or
#samba-technical IRC channel on irc.libera.chat.

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 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


======================================================================
== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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Download Details
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The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620).  The source code can be downloaded
from:

         https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/

The release notes are available online at:

         https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.20.8.html

Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
(https://bugzilla.samba.org/)

                         --Enjoy
                         The Samba Team



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