Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.4. This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.8. 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 4.4 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.8 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
=========
-Nothing special.
-NEW FEATURES
-============
+NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
+====================
-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.
+Using x86_64 Accelerated AES Crypto Instructions
+================================================
-WINS nsswitch module
-====================
+Samba on x86_64 can now be configured to use the Intel accelerated AES
+instruction set, which has the potential to make SMB3 signing and
+encryption much faster on client and server. To enable this, configure
+Samba using the new option --accel-aes=intelaesni.
-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.
+This is a temporary solution that is being included to allow users
+to enjoy the benefits of Intel accelerated AES on the x86_64 platform,
+but the longer-term solution will be to move Samba to a fully supported
+external crypto library.
-######################################################################
-Changes
-#######
+The third_party/aesni-intel code will be removed from Samba as soon as
+external crypto library performance reaches parity.
+
+The default is to build without setting --accel-aes, which uses the
+existing Samba software AES implementation.
smb.conf changes
-----------------
+================
+
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
+ oplock contention limit Removed
+
+NT4-style replication based net commands removed
+================================================
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
- aio max threads New 100
+The following commands and sub-commands have been removed from the
+"net" utility:
+
+net rpc samdump
+net rpc vampire ldif
+
+Also, replicating from a real NT4 domain with "net rpc vampire" and
+"net rpc vampire keytab" has been removed.
+
+The NT4-based commands were accidentially broken in 2013, and nobody
+noticed the breakage. So instead of fixing them including tests (which
+would have meant writing a server for the protocols, which we don't
+have) we decided to remove them.
+
+For the same reason, the "samsync", "samdeltas" and "database_redo"
+commands have been removed from rpcclient.
+
+"net rpc vampire keytab" from Active Directory domains continues to be
+supported.
KNOWN ISSUES
============
-Currently none.
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.8#Release_blocking_bugs
+
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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 4.3 product in the project's Bugzilla
+be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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