X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=WHATSNEW.txt;h=b389b5ce3e08d603955f10a02e0b9c1b2e13ee15;hb=fb9ecb044ee986ab3496da6cbad162a224378475;hp=8f17e981feb1dd903b4681027de6e9202817a5b1;hpb=7974ccbebf5c684200850a726d79b976eaeea261;p=obnox%2Fsamba%2Fsamba-obnox.git diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 8f17e981feb..b389b5ce3e0 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,162 +1,54 @@ -What's new in Samba 4 alpha4 -============================ - -Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being -developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in -this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used -by Windows 2000 and above. - -Samba4 alpha4 follows on from the alpha release series we have been -publishing since September 2007 +Release Announcements +===================== -WARNINGS -======== +This is the first preview release of Samba 4.3. 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/. -Samba4 alpha4 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. +Samba 4.3 will be the next version of the Samba suite. -For example, while Samba 3.0 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. +UPGRADING +========= -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. - -The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that -can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports -standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are -working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend. -We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large -directories. - -CHANGES SINCE Alpha4 -===================== - -In the time since Samba4 Alpha4 was released in June 2008, Samba has -continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas: - -(TODO: update list when closer to a release) - - Python Bindings: Bindings for Python are now used for all internal - scripting, and the system python installation is used to run all - Samba python scripts (in place of smbpython found in the previous - alpha). - - As such Python is no longer optional, and configure will generate an - error if it cannot locate an appropriate Python installation. - - SWAT Remains Disabled: Due to a lack of developer time and without a - long-term web developer to maintain it, the SWAT web UI remains been - disabled (and would need to be rewritten in python in any case). - - GNU Make: To try and simplfy our build system, we rely on GNU Make - to avoid autogenerating a massive single makefile. - - Registry: Samba4's registry library has continued to improve. - ID mapping: Samba4 uses the internal ID mapping in winbind for all - but a few core users. Samba users should not appear in /etc/passwd, - as Samba will generate new user and group IDs regradless. - NTP: Samba4 can act as a signing server for the ntp.org NTP deamon, - allowing NTPd to reply using Microsoft's non-standard signing - scheme. A patch to make NTPd talk to Samba for this purpose has - been submitted to the ntp.org project. +###################################################################### +Changes +####### - CLDAP: Users should experience less arbitary delays and more success with - group policy, domain joins and logons due to an improved - implementation of CLDAP and the 'netlogon' mailslot datagrams. +smb.conf changes +---------------- - SMB2: The Samba4 SMB2 server and testsuite have been greatly - improved, but the SMB2 server remains off by default. + Parameter Name Description Default + -------------- ----------- ------- - Secure DNS update: Configuration for GSS-TSIG updates of DNS records - is now generated by the provision script. - -These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past few -months. More details can be found in our GIT history. - - -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 is partly to assist with this problem). - -- Samba4 alpha4 is currently only portable to recent Linux - distributions. Work to return support for other Unix varients is - expected during the next alpha cycle - -- Samba4 alpha4 is incompatible with GnuTLS 2.0, found in Fedora 9 and - recent Ubuntu releases. GnuTLS use may be disabled using the - --disable-gnutls argument to ./configure. (otherwise 'make test' and - LDAPS operations will hang). -RUNNING Samba4 -============== +####################################### +Reporting bugs & Development Discussion +####################################### -A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file -in root of the tarball. +Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by +joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. -DEVELOPMENT and FEEDBACK -======================== -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. +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 4.3 product in the project's Bugzilla +database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). -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). +====================================================================== +== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. +== The Samba Team +======================================================================