s3: test_smbclient_s3: Correctly set and unset TZ variable for test.

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 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.
+KDC GPO application
+-------------------
 
-WINS nsswitch module
-====================
+Adds Group Policy support for the samba kdc. Applies password policies
+(minimum/maximum password age, minimum password length, and password
+complexity) and kerberos policies (user/service ticket lifetime and
+renew lifetime).
 
-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.
+Adds the samba_gpoupdate script for applying and unapplying
+policy. Can be applied automatically by setting
 
-######################################################################
-Changes
-#######
+ 'server services = +gpoupdate'.
 
 smb.conf changes
-----------------
+================
+
+  Parameter Name                     Description             Default
+  --------------                     -----------             -------
+  binddns dir                       New
+  gpo update command                New
+  oplock contention limit            Removed
+  prefork children                  New                     1
+
+
+NT4-style replication based net commands removed
+================================================
+
+The following commands and sub-commands have been removed from the
+"net" utility:
+
+net rpc samdump
+net rpc vampire ldif
 
-  Parameter Name               Description             Default
-  --------------               -----------             -------
-  aio max threads               New                     100
+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.
+
+vfs_aio_linux module removed
+============================
+
+The current Linux kernel aio does not match what Samba would
+do. Shipping code that uses it leads people to false
+assumptions. Samba implements async I/O based on threads by default,
+there is no special module required to see benefits of read and write
+request being sent do the disk in parallel.
+
+smbclient reparse point symlink parameters reversed
+===================================================
+
+A bug in smbclient caused the 'symlink' command to reverse the
+meaning of the new name and link target parameters when creating a
+reparse point symlink against a Windows server. As this is a
+little used feature the ordering of these parameters has been
+reversed to match the parameter ordering of the UNIX extensions
+'symlink' command. The usage message for this command has also
+been improved to remove confusion.
 
 KNOWN ISSUES
 ============
 
-Currently none.
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.8#Release_blocking_bugs
+
 
 #######################################
 Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
@@ -56,7 +99,7 @@ joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
 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/).