Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.3. 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 4.3 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.4 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
=========
+Nothing special.
NEW FEATURES
============
-The logging code now supports logging to multiple backends. In
-addition to the previously available syslog and file backends, the
-backends for logging to the systemd-journal, lttng and gpfs have been
-added. Please consult the section for the 'logging' parameter in the
-smb.conf manpage for details.
+Flush requests from SMB2/3 clients are handled asynchronously and do
+not block the processing of other requests. Note that 'strict sync'
+has to be set to 'yes' for Samba to honor flush requests from SMB
+clients.
-Spotlight
-=========
-
-Support for Apple's Spotlight has been added by integrating with Gnome
-Tracker.
+WINS nsswitch module
+====================
-For detailed instructions how to build and setup Samba for Spotlight,
-please see the Samba wiki: <https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Spotlight>
+The WINS nsswitch module has been rewritten to address memory issues and to
+simplify the code. The module now uses libwbclient to do WINS queries. This
+means that winbind needs to be running in order to resolve WINS names using
+the nss_wins module. This does not affect smbd.
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Changes
smb.conf changes
----------------
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
- logging New (empty)
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
+ aio max threads New 100
+
+CTDB changes
+------------
+
+* The CTDB tunable parameter EventScriptTimeoutCount has been renamed
+ to MonitorTimeoutCount
+
+ It has only ever been used to limit timed-out monitor events.
+ Configurations containing CTDB_SET_EventScriptTimeoutCount=<n> will
+ cause CTDB to fail at startup. Useful messages will be logged.
KNOWN ISSUES
============
+Currently none.
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