JHT ===> Added comment about internationaliasation and deleted dates.

[samba.git] / WHATSNEW.txt

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-              WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17alpha1 - May 21st 1997.
+              WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17alpha5 - July 31st 1997.

               ==========================================
 
               ==========================================
 

+Last Alpha before full release.
+-------------------------------
+
+It is our intention that 1.9.17alpha5 be the last alpha
+before the full 1.9.17 release. If you are concerned that
+Samba 1.9.17 compile cleanly out of the box on your platform
+please try 1.9.17alpha5 and make sure it compiles for your
+particular platform. Please let samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
+know if you have problems.
+
+The differences between 1.9.17alpha4 and 1.9.17alpha5 are
+mainly tidying code to ensure portability over different
+platforms (although some new code has been added).
+
+Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support.
+

 Improved browsing support. 
 --------------------------
 
 Improved browsing support. 
 --------------------------
 


@@ -8,9 +24,13 @@ Samba now should support propagation of browse lists
 across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt 
 as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this.
 
 across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt 
 as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this.
 

+*IMPORTANT* All Samba servers acting as local/domain master
+browsers must be running 1.9.17alpha3 (or later).
+

 Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new 
 code on their corporate network.
 
 Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new 
 code on their corporate network.
 

+

 Improved share mode handling
 ----------------------------
 
 Improved share mode handling
 ----------------------------
 


@@ -38,14 +58,33 @@ the Makefile :
 
 Updated smb.conf documentation
 ------------------------------
 
 Updated smb.conf documentation
 ------------------------------

-

 All options are now documented we believe.
 
 All options are now documented we believe.
 

-Many small bugfixes and improvements
-------------------------------------
+Many bugfixes and improvements
+------------------------------

 From around the 'net around the world. Many
 thanks to everyone who contributed.
 
 From around the 'net around the world. Many
 thanks to everyone who contributed.
 

+Some of the changes since alpha4 are:
+
+*** Alias names for Samba servers.
+*** Fixes for smbtar.
+*** New "follow symlinks" option can prevent any 
+    symlink following for security reasons.
+*** Authentication for Kerberos 5 clients (note that
+    this is not the same as the Kerberos 5 Microsoft
+    will be using, that has not yet been documented).
+*** smbpasswd can now add users to the smbpasswd file.
+*** Hex dump style of debug packets.
+
+Remaining known issues with cross-subnet browsing.
+--------------------------------------------------
+When nmbd is acting as a WINS server it doesn't handle
+de-registering of members of a WORKGROUP<1e> name correctly.
+The first machine to de-register will remove the name. This
+should be fixed in a later release when group names are 
+handled correctly in the WINS code.
+

 Remember - this is new code so there may be
 bugs or problems.
 
 Remember - this is new code so there may be
 bugs or problems.
 


@@ -58,4 +97,3 @@ samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
 Regards,
 
        The Samba Team.
 Regards,
 
        The Samba Team.

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