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-What's new in Samba 4 alpha14
-=============================
-
-Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being
-developed in parallel to the stable 3.x series. The main emphasis in
-this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
-by Windows 2000 and above.
-
-Samba4 alpha14 follows on from the alpha release series we have been
-publishing since September 2007.
-
-WARNINGS
-========
-
-Samba4 alpha14 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference
-to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a
-statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad
-deployment yet. If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to
-Samba4, you would find many things work, but that other key features
-you may have relied on simply are not there yet.
-
-For example, while Samba 3 is an excellent member of a Active
-Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller, and it is
-in this role where it has seen deployment into production.
-
-Samba4 is subjected to an awesome battery of tests on an
-automated basis, we have found Samba4 to be very stable in it's
-behaviour. We have to recommend against upgrading production servers
-from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at this stage, because there may be the features on
-which you may rely that are not present, or the mapping of
-your configuration and user database may not be complete.
-
-If you are upgrading, or looking to develop, test or deploy Samba4, you should
-backup all configuration and data.
-
-NEW FEATURES
-============
-
-Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment
-used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join
-and domain logon operations with these clients.
-
-Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in
-LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) as well as the
-Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate
-the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we
-issue.
-
-The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the filesystem on the server to
-match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match
-windows behaviour and application expectations. This includes file
-annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The
-VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite.
-
-A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing
-Python programs to interface to Samba's internals.
-
-CHANGES SINCE alpha13
-=====================
-
-We have continued our commitment to provide a full DRS implementation for our
-AD implementation and therefore achieved also this time big steps forward.
-
-Our progress on DRS is being tracked in the Samba wiki:
-http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4_DRS_TODO_List
-
-Beside this the release includes (among a lot of other things):
-
-* a script for backuping production provision
-Although still in development, samba4 is already used in a couple of production sites
-and such kind of use case is intensifying. This script is intendended for administrators
-to allow them to make a periodic backup of the provision in case of problem.
-
-* the 'net' command has been renamed to 'samba-tool'
-
-CHANGES
-=======
-
-Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
-since that release series in the NEWS file.
-
-KNOWN ISSUES
-============
-
-- Domain member support is in it's infancy, and is not comparable to
- the support found in Samba3.
-
-- There is no printing support in the current release.
-
-- There is no NetBIOS browsing support in the current release
-
-- The Samba4 port of the CTDB clustering support is not yet complete
-
-- Clock Synchronisation is critical. Many 'wrong password' errors are
- actually due to Kerberos objecting to a clock skew between client
- and server. (The NTP work in the previous alphas are partly to assist
- with this problem).
-
-- The DRS replication code fails, and is very new
-
-- Users upgrading existing databases to Samba4 should carefully
- consult upgrading-samba4.txt. We have made a number of changes in
- this release that should make it easier to upgrade in future.
- Btw: there exists also a script under the "setup" directory of the
- source distribution called "upgrade_from_s3" which should allow a step-up
- from Samba3 to Samba4. It's not included yet in the binary distributions
- since it's completely experimental!
-
-RUNNING Samba4
-==============
-
-A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found on the wiki:
-
- http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
-
-DEVELOPMENT and FEEDBACK
-========================
-
-We need your help! Projects as Samba 4 live from the community feedback. If you
-provide expressive bug reports, some documentation snippets on the wiki or some
-real code patches - all is appreciated if it meets our quality criterias. Here
-you can find further references:
-
-Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/ but please be aware
-that many features are simply not expected to work at this stage.
-
-The Samba Wiki at http://wiki.samba.org should detail some of these
-development plans.
-
-Development and general discussion about Samba 4 happens mainly on
-the #samba-technical IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and
-the samba-technical mailing list (see http://lists.samba.org/ for
-details).
-
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