Release Announcements
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-This is the first release candidate of Samba 4.2. This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.4. 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/.
-Samba 4.2 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.4 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
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-
+Nothing special.
NEW FEATURES
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-Transparent File Compression
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-
-Samba 4.2.0 adds support for the manipulation of file and folder
-compression flags on the Btrfs filesystem.
-With the Btrfs Samba VFS module enabled, SMB2+ compression flags can
-be set remotely from the Windows Explorer File->Properties->Advanced
-dialog. Files flagged for compression are transparently compressed
-and uncompressed when accessed or modified.
-
-Previous File Versions with Snapper
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-
-The newly added Snapper VFS module exposes snapshots managed by
-Snapper for use by Samba. This provides the ability for remote
-clients to access shadow-copies via Windows Explorer using the
-"previous versions" dialog.
-
+TODO...
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Changes
smb.conf changes
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- Parameter Name Description Default
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+ Parameter Name Description Default
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KNOWN ISSUES
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+Currently none.
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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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
+be filed under the Samba 4.3 product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).