Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.8. This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.9. 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 4.8 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.9 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
====================
-Using x86_64 Accelerated AES Crypto Instructions
-================================================
-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.
+net ads setspn
+---------------
-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.
+There is a new 'net ads setspn' sub command for managing Windows SPN(s)
+on the AD. This command aims to give the basic functionaility that is
+provided on windows by 'setspn.exe' e.g. ability to add, delete and list
+Windows SPN(s) stored in a Windows AD Computer object.
-The third_party/aesni-intel code will be removed from Samba as soon as
-external crypto library performance reaches parity.
+The format of the command is:
-The default is to build without setting --accel-aes, which uses the
-existing Samba software AES implementation.
+net ads setspn list [machine]
+net ads setspn [add | delete ] SPN [machine]
-smb.conf changes
+'machine' is the name of the computer account on the AD that is to be managed.
+If 'machine' is not specified the name of the 'client' running the command
+is used instead.
+
+The format of a Windows SPN is
+ 'serviceclass/host:port/servicename' (servicename and port are optional)
+
+serviceclass/host is generally sufficient to specify a host based service.
+
+net ads keytab changes
+----------------------
+net ads keytab add no longer attempts to convert the passed serviceclass
+(e.g. nfs, html etc.) into a Windows SPN which is added to the Windows AD
+computer object. By default just the keytab file is modified.
+
+A new keytab subcommand 'add_update_ads' has been added to preserve the
+legacy behaviour. However the new 'net ads setspn add' subcommand should
+really be used instead.
+
+net ads keytab create no longer tries to generate SPN(s) from existing
+entries in a keytab file. If it is required to add Windows SPN(s) then
+'net ads setspn add' should be used instead.
+
+REMOVED FEATURES
================
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
-NT4-style replication based net commands removed
-================================================
-The following commands and sub-commands have been removed from the
-"net" utility:
+smb.conf changes
+================
-net rpc samdump
-net rpc vampire ldif
+As the most popular Samba install platforms (Linux and FreeBSD) both
+support extended attributes by default, the parameters "map readonly",
+"store dos attributes" and "ea support" have had their defaults changed
+to allow better Windows fileserver compatibility in a default install.
-Also, replicating from a real NT4 domain with "net rpc vampire" and
-"net rpc vampire keytab" has been removed.
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
+ map readonly Default changed no
+ store dos attributes Default changed yes
+ ea support Default changed yes
+
+VFS interface changes
+=====================
-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.
+The VFS ABI interface version has changed to 39. Function changes
+are:
-For the same reason, the "samsync", "samdeltas" and "database_redo"
-commands have been removed from rpcclient.
+SMB_VFS_FSYNC: Removed: Only async versions are used.
+SMB_VFS_READ: Removed: Only PREAD or async versions are used.
+SMB_VFS_WRITE: Removed: Only PWRITE or async versions are used.
+SMB_VFS_CHMOD_ACL: Removed: Only CHMOD is used.
+SMB_VFS_FCHMOD_ACL: Removed: Only FCHMOD is used.
-"net rpc vampire keytab" from Active Directory domains continues to be
-supported.
+Any external VFS modules will need to be updated to match these
+changes in order to work with 4.9.x.
KNOWN ISSUES
============
-https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.8#Release_blocking_bugs
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.9#Release_blocking_bugs
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