this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
by Windows 2000 and above.
this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
by Windows 2000 and above.
-While we welcome your interest in Samba 4, we don't want you to run your network with it quite yet. Please note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file,
-which aims to document what should and should not work.
+While we welcome your interest in Samba 4, we don't want you to run your
+network with it quite yet. Please note the WARNINGS below, and the
+STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work.
With 4 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed
a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which
With 4 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed
a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which
-Samba4 TP is currently a pre-alpha technology. 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.
+Samba4 is currently at alpha stage. 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 3.0 is an excellent member of a Active
Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller: (This is
For example, while Samba 3.0 is an excellent member of a Active
Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller: (This is
Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
since that release series in the NEWS file.
Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
since that release series in the NEWS file.
- - An optional password is no longer supported as the second argument to
+ - An optional password is no longer supported as the second argument to
- - The default location of smb.conf in non-FHS builds has changed from the
+ - The default location of smb.conf in non-FHS builds has changed from the
PREFIX/lib directory to the PREFIX/etc directory.
KNOWN ISSUES
PREFIX/lib directory to the PREFIX/etc directory.
KNOWN ISSUES
- Standalone server and domain member roles are not currently
supported. While we have much of the infrastructure required, we
- Standalone server and domain member roles are not currently
supported. While we have much of the infrastructure required, we
- have not collected these pieces together.
+ have not collected these pieces together.
- There is no printing support in the current release.
- There is no printing support in the current release.