================================ Release Notes for Samba 3.5.0rc1 January 7, 2010 ================================ This is the first release candidate 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'. ###################################################################### Changes ####### smb.conf changes ---------------- 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-libtdb 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 * Add support for full Windows timestamp resolution. * Add encryption support for connections to a CUPS server. o Volker Lendecke * Major internal refactoring of the Winbind daemon. * Make Winbind asynchronous. o Stefan Metzmacher * Implement the new SMB2 protocol (experimental). Changes since 3.5.0pre2 ----------------------- o Jeremy Allison * BUG 6837: Fix "Too many open files" when trying to access large number of files with Windows 7. * BUG 6939: Fix long filenames when "mangling method" is set to "hash". * BUG 7020: Fix smbd using 2G memory. * Ensure dos_mode can return FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, then filter the returned attributes by protocol level. * Vector correctly through reply_openerror() (which uses the same logic). * Fix bugs with the full Windows ACL support. o Kai Blin * Add a few missing gettext calls to the 'net' command. * Fix up a share type translation and translate some more strings in 'net'. o Günther Deschner * Allow to call "pdbedit -N description -u user" without specifiyng "-r". * Add spoolss_DriverInfo7. * Fix rpcclient after setprinter IDL fixes. * Use generated krb5.conf in 'net ads testjoin'. o Jonas Gorski * BUG 6992: make test for getgrouplist cacheable. o André Hentschel * Add some German translations for the 'net' command. o Suresh Jayaraman * Update mount.cifs man page with nounix option. o Volker Lendecke * Fix _samr_GetAliasMembership for results with 0 rids. * Fix an error case in cli_negprot. * Add a lower-cost alternative to wbinfo -t: wbinfo --ping-dc. * Restore correct timeouts for SMB requests. * Fix a 64-bit error in libsmb. * Replace IS_DOMAIN_OFFLINE by a function in Winbind. * Simplify/cleanup Winbind code. o Kamen Mazdrashki * Fix write behind memory block in libtalloc. * Fix result check for getaddrinfo(). o Jim McDonough * BUG 7014: Fix Winbind crash when retrieving empty group members. o Brian Lu * BUG 6991: Create symbol links to shared libraries. o Stefan Metzmacher * Add tsocket_address_bsd_sockaddr() and tsocket_address_bsd_from_sockaddr() to tsocket. * Always set tdb->tracefd to -1 to be safe on goto fail in libtdb. * Add TDB_DISALLOW_NESTING and make TDB_ALLOW_NESTING the default behavior. * Fix standalone 'make installdocs'. o Peter Rosin * Output %p as unsigned in snprintf replacement. o Ronnie Sahlberg * New attempt at TDB transaction nesting allow/disallow. o Kirill Smelkov * Remove swig stuff from libtdb. * Reset tdb->fd to -1 in tdb_close() in libtdb. o Simo Sorce * Change the way mksysms work in libtalloc. o Jelmer Vernooij * Also build and install tdb manpages from standalone tdb. o Bo Yang * Fix infinite loop in NCACN_IP_TCP as there is no timeout. * Make winbindd_cache.c aware of domain offline to avoid unnecessary backend query. * List trusted domains from wcache when domain is offline. Changes since 3.5.0pre1 ----------------------- o Michael Adam * Fix the build when no external talloc and tdb are installed. * Fix detection of CTDB headers on systems without system-libtalloc. o Jeremy Allison * 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 * BUG 2350: Add LDAP Alias Dereferencing support. o Günther Deschner * 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 * Prefer posix_fallocate for doing "strict allocate". o Matt Kraai * BUG 6860: Fix shared library build on QNX. o Volker Lendecke * 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 * BUG 6967: Prevent glibc error on 'net ads join'. o Lars Müller * BUG 6710: Only install the cifs.upcall man page if CIFSUPCALL_PROGS was set while configure. o Ian Puleston * Complete support for NetWkstaGetInfo/NetWkstaEnumUsers. o Karolin Seeger * Fix the build of the example VFS modules. o Bo Yang * 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. ###################################################################### Reporting bugs & Development Discussion ####################################### 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/). ====================================================================== == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. == The Samba Team ======================================================================