4 This is the first pre release of Samba 4.15. This is *not*
5 intended for production environments and is designed for testing
6 purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
7 system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
9 Samba 4.15 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
18 The GPG release key for Samba releases changed from:
20 pub dsa1024/6F33915B6568B7EA 2007-02-04 [SC] [expires: 2021-02-05]
21 Key fingerprint = 52FB C0B8 6D95 4B08 4332 4CDC 6F33 915B 6568 B7EA
22 uid [ full ] Samba Distribution Verification Key <samba-bugs@samba.org>
23 sub elg2048/9C6ED163DA6DFB44 2007-02-04 [E] [expires: 2021-02-05]
25 to the following new key:
27 pub rsa4096/AA99442FB680B620 2020-12-21 [SC] [expires: 2022-12-21]
28 Key fingerprint = 81F5 E283 2BD2 545A 1897 B713 AA99 442F B680 B620
29 uid [ultimate] Samba Distribution Verification Key <samba-bugs@samba.org>
30 sub rsa4096/97EF9386FBFD4002 2020-12-21 [E] [expires: 2022-12-21]
32 Starting from Jan 21th 2021, all Samba releases will be signed with the new key.
34 See also GPG_AA99442FB680B620_replaces_6F33915B6568B7EA.txt
39 - bind DLZ: Added the ability to set allow/deny lists for zone
41 Up to now, any client could use a DNS zone transfer request
42 to the bind server, and get an answer from Samba.
43 Now the default behaviour will be to deny those request.
44 Two new options have been added to manage the list of
45 authorized/denied clients for zone transfer requests.
46 In order to be accepted, the request must be issued by a client
47 that is in the allow list and NOT in the deny list.
49 samba-tool available without the ad-dc
50 --------------------------------------
52 The samba-tool command is now available when samba is configured
53 --without-ad-dc. Not all features will work, and some ad-dc specific options
54 have been disabled. The samba-tool domain options, for example, are limited
55 when no ad-dc is present. Samba must still be built with ads in order to enable
58 Improved command line user experience
59 -------------------------------------
61 Samba utilities did not consistently implement their command line interface. A
62 number of options were requiring to specify values in one tool and not in the
63 other, some options meant different in different tools.
65 These should be stories of the past now. A new command line parser has been
66 implemented with sanity checking. Also the command line interface has been
67 simplified and provides better control for encryption, singing and kerberos.
69 Also several command line options have a smb.conf variable to control the
72 All tools are logging to stderr by default. You can use --debug-stdout to
78 --client-protection=off|sign|encrypt
81 --kerberos -> --use-kerberos=required|desired|off
82 --krb5-ccache -> --use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE
83 --scope -> --netbios-scope=SCOPE
84 --use-ccache -> --use-winbind-ccache
88 -C removed from --use-winbind-ccache
89 -i removed from --netbios-scope
93 ### Duplicates in command line utils
95 ldbadd/ldbsearch/ldbdel/ldbmodify/ldbrename:
96 -e is not available for --editor anymore
97 -s is not used for --configfile anymore
100 -l is not available for --load-dso anymore
103 -l is not available for --long anymore
106 -V is not available for --viewsddl anymore
109 --user -> --quota-user
112 --log-stdout -> --debug-stdout
115 --log-stdout -> --debug-stdout
118 --log-stdout -> --debug-stdout
120 Scanning of trusted domains and enterpise principals
121 ----------------------------------------------------
123 As an artifact from the NT4 times, we still scanned the list of trusted domains
124 on winbindd startup. This is wrong as we never can get a full picture in Active
125 Directory. It is time to change the default value to No. Also with this change
126 we always use enterprise principals for Kerberos so that the DC will be able
127 to redirect ticket requests to the right DC. This is e.g needed for one way
128 trusts. The options `winbind use krb5 enterprise principals` and
129 `winbind scan trusted domains` will be deprecated in one of the next releases.
135 Tru64 ACL support has been removed from this release. The last
136 supported release of Tru64 UNIX was in 2012.
138 NIS support has been removed from this release. This is not
139 available in Linux distributions anymore.
141 The DLZ DNS plugin is no longer built for Bind versions 9.8 and 9.9,
142 which have been out of support since 2018.
147 Parameter Name Description Default
148 -------------- ----------- -------
149 client use kerberos New desired
150 client protection New default
151 preopen:posix-basic-regex New No
152 preopen:nomatch_log_level New 5
153 preopen:match_log_level New 5
154 preopen:nodigits_log_level New 1
155 preopen:founddigits_log_level New 3
156 preopen:reset_log_level New 5
157 preopen:push_log_level New 3
158 preopen:queue_log_level New 10
159 winbind use krb5 enterprise principals Changed Yes
160 winbind scan trusted domains Changed No
166 https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.15#Release_blocking_bugs
169 #######################################
170 Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
171 #######################################
173 Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
174 joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
176 If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
177 feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
178 the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
179 be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
180 database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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184 == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
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