Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.9. This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.12. 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 4.9 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.12 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
====================
+Python 3.5 Required
+-------------------
-net ads setspn
----------------
+Samba's minimum runtime requirement for python was raised to Python
+3.4 with samba 4.11. Samba 4.12 raises this minimum version to Python
+3.5 both to access new features and because this is the oldest version
+we test with in our CI infrastructure.
-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.
+(Build time support for the file server with Python 2.6 has not
+changed)
-The format of the command is:
+GnuTLS 3.4.7 required
+---------------------
-net ads setspn list [machine]
-net ads setspn [add | delete ] SPN [machine]
+Samba is making efforts to remove in-tree cryptographic functionality,
+and to instead rely on externally maintained libraries. To this end,
+Samba has chosen GnuTLS as our standard cryptographic provider.
-'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.
+Samba now requires GnuTLS 3.4.7 to be installed (including development
+headers at build time) for all configurations, not just the Samba AD
+DC.
-The format of a Windows SPN is
- 'serviceclass/host:port/servicename' (servicename and port are optional)
+Using GnuTLS for SMB3 encryption you will notice huge performance and copy
+speed improvements. Tests with the CIFS Kernel client from Linux Kernel 5.3
+show a 3x speed improvement for writing and a 2.5x speed improvement for reads!
-serviceclass/host is generally sufficient to specify a host based service.
+NOTE WELL: The use of GnuTLS means that Samba will honour the
+system-wide 'FIPS mode' (a reference to the US FIPS-140 cryptographic
+standard) and so will not operate in many still common situations if
+this system-wide parameter is in effect, as many of our protocols rely
+on outdated cryptography.
-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 future Samba version will mitigate this to some extent where good
+cryptography effectively wraps bad cryptography, but for now that above
+applies.
-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.
+"net ads kerberos pac save" and "net eventlog export"
+-----------------------------------------------------
-Local authorization plugin for MIT Kerberos
--------------------------------------------
+The "net ads kerberos pac save" and "net eventlog export" tools will
+no longer silently overwrite an existing file during data export. If
+the filename given exits, an error will be shown.
-This plugin controls the relationship between Kerberos principals and AD
-accounts through winbind. The module receives the Kerberos principal and the
-local account name as inputs and can then check if they match. This can resolve
-issues with canonicalized names returned by Kerberos within AD. If the user
-tries to log in as 'alice', but the samAccountName is set to ALICE (uppercase),
-Kerberos would return ALICE as the username. Kerberos would not be able to map
-'alice' to 'ALICE' in this case and auth would fail. With this plugin account
-names can be correctly mapped. This only applies to GSSAPI authentication,
-not for the geting the initial ticket granting ticket.
-
-Database audit support
-----------------------
-
-Changes to the Samba AD's sam.ldb database are now logged to Samba's debug log
-under the "dsdb_audit" debug class and "dsdb_json_audit" for JSON formatted log
-entries.
-
-Transaction commits and roll backs are now logged to Samba's debug logs under
-the "dsdb_transaction_audit" debug class and "dsdb_transaction_json_audit" for
-JSON formatted log entries.
-
-Password change audit support
------------------------------
-
-Password changes in the AD DC are now logged to Samba's debug logs under the
-"dsdb_password_audit" debug class and "dsdb_password_json_audit" for JSON
-formatted log entries.
-
-Group membership change audit support
--------------------------------------
-
-Group membership changes on the AD DC are now logged to
-Samba's debug log under the "dsdb_group_audit" debug class and
-"dsdb_group_json_audit" for JSON formatted log entries.
-
-Log Authentication duration
----------------------------
-
-For NTLM and Kerberos KDC authentication, the authentication duration is now
-logged. Note that the duration is only included in the JSON formatted log
-entries.
+REMOVED FEATURES
+================
-New Experimental LMDB LDB backend
----------------------------------
+The smb.conf parameter "write cache size" has been removed.
-A new experimental LDB backend using LMBD is now available. This allows
-databases larger than 4Gb (Currently the limit is set to 6Gb, but this will be
-increased in a future release). To enable lmdb, provision or join a domain using
-the --backend-store=mdb option.
+Since the in-memory write caching code was written, our write path has
+changed significantly. In particular we have gained very flexible
+support for async I/O, with the new linux io_uring interface in
+development. The old write cache concept which cached data in main
+memory followed by a blocking pwrite no longer gives any improvement
+on modern systems, and may make performance worse on memory-contrained
+systems, so this functionality should not be enabled in core smbd
+code.
-This requires that a version of lmdb greater than 0.9.16 is installed and that
-samba has not been built with the --without-ldb-lmdb option.
+In addition, it complicated the write code, which is a performance
+critical code path.
-Please note this is an experimental feature and is not recommended for
-production deployments.
+If required for specialist purposes, it can be recreated as a VFS
+module.
-Password Settings Objects
+BIND9_FLATFILE deprecated
-------------------------
-Support has been added for Password Settings Objects (PSOs). This AD feature is
-also known as Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP).
-PSOs allow AD administrators to override the domain password policy settings
-for specific users, or groups of users. For example, PSOs can force certain
-users to have longer password lengths, or relax the complexity constraints for
-other users, and so on. PSOs can be applied to groups or to individual users.
-When multiple PSOs apply to the same user, essentially the PSO with the best
-precedence takes effect.
+The BIND9_FLATFILE DNS backend is deprecated in this release and will
+be removed in the future. This was only practically useful on a single
+domain controller or under expert care and supervision.
-PSOs can be configured and applied to users/groups using the 'samba-tool domain
-passwordsettings pso' set of commands.
+This release removes the "rndc command" smb.conf parameter, which
+supported this configuration by writing out a list of DCs permitted to
+make changes to the DNS Zone and nudging the 'named' server if a new
+DC was added to the domain. Administrators using BIND9_FLATFILE will
+need to maintain this manually from now on.
-Domain backup and restore
--------------------------
-A new samba-tool command has been added that allows administrators to create a
-backup-file of their domain DB. In the event of a catastrophic failure of the
-domain, this backup-file can be used to restore Samba services.
-
-The new 'samba-tool domain backup online' command takes a snapshot of the
-domain DB from a given DC. In the event of a catastrophic DB failure, all DCs
-in the domain should be taken offline, and the backup-file can then be used to
-recreate a fresh new DC, using the 'samba-tool domain backup restore' command.
-Once the backed-up domain DB has been restored on the new DC, other DCs can
-then subsequently be joined to the new DC, in order to repopulate the Samba
-network.
-
-Domain rename tool
-------------------
-Basic support has been added for renaming a Samba domain. The rename feature is
-designed for the following cases:
-1). Running a temporary alternate domain, in the event of a catastrophic
-failure of the regular domain. Using a completely different domain name and
-realm means that the original domain and the renamed domain can both run at the
-same time, without interfering with each other. This is an advantage over
-creating a regular 'online' backup - it means the renamed/alternate domain can
-provide core Samba network services, while trouble-shooting the fault on the
-original domain can be done in parallel.
-2). Creating a realistic lab domain or pre-production domain for testing.
-
-Note that the renamed tool is currently not intended to support a long-term
-rename of the production domain. Currently renaming the GPOs is not supported
-and would need to be done manually.
-
-The domain rename is done in two steps: first, the 'samba-tool domain backup
-rename' command will clone the domain DB, renaming it in the process, and
-producing a backup-file. Then, the 'samba-tool domain backup restore' command
-takes the backup-file and restores the renamed DB to disk on a fresh DC.
-
-New samba-tool options for diagnosing DRS replication issues
-------------------------------------------------------------
-
-The 'samba-tool drs showrepl' command has two new options controlling
-the output. With --summary, the command says very little when DRS
-replication is working well. With --json, JSON is produced. These
-options are intended for human and machine audiences, respectively.
-
-The 'samba-tool visualize uptodateness' visualizes replication lag as
-a heat-map matrix based on the DRS uptodateness vectors. This will
-show you if (but not why) changes are failing to replicate to some DCs.
-
-Automatic site coverage and GetDCName improvements
---------------------------------------------------
-
-Samba's AD DC now automatically claims otherwise empty sites based on
-which DC is the nearest in the replication topology.
-
-This, combined with efforts to correctly identify the client side in
-the GetDCName Netlogon call will improve service to sites without a
-local DC.
-
-Improved samba-tool computer command
-------------------------------------
-
-The 'samba-tool computer' command allow manipulation of computer
-accounts including creating a new computer and resetting the password.
-This allows an 'offline join' of a member server or workstation to the
-Samba AD domain.
-
-Samba performance tool now operates against Microsoft Windows AD
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-The Samba AD performance testing tool traffic_reply can now operate
-against a Windows based AD domain. Previously it only operated
-correctly against Samba.
-
-DNS entries are now cleaned up during DC demote
------------------------------------------------
-
-DNS records are now cleaned up as part of the 'samba-tool domain
-demote' including both the default and --remove-other-dead-server
-modes.
-
-Additionally DNS records can be automatically cleaned up for a given
-name with the 'samba-tool dns cleanup' command, which aids in cleaning
-up partially removed DCs.
-
-Samba now tested with CI GitLab
--------------------------------
-
-Samba developers now have pre-commit testing available in GitLab,
-giving reviewers confidence that the submitted patches pass a full CI
-before being submitted to the Samba Team's own autobuild system.
+Retiring DES encryption types in Kerberos.
+------------------------------------------
+With this release, support for DES encryption types has been removed from
+Samba, and setting DES_ONLY flag for an account will cause Kerberos
+authentication to fail for that account (see RFC-6649).
-REMOVED FEATURES
-================
+Samba-DC: DES keys no longer saved in DB.
+-----------------------------------------
+When a new password is set for an account, Samba DC will store random keys
+in DB instead of DES keys derived from the password. If the account is being
+migrated to Windbows or to an older version of Samba in order to use DES keys,
+the password must be reset to make it work.
+Heimdal-DC: removal of weak-crypto.
+-----------------------------------
+Following removal of DES encryption types from Samba, the embedded Heimdal
+build has been updated to not compile weak crypto code (HEIM_WEAK_CRYPTO).
smb.conf changes
================
-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.
-
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
- map readonly Default changed no
- store dos attributes Default changed yes
- ea support Default changed yes
-
-VFS interface changes
-=====================
-
-The VFS ABI interface version has changed to 39. Function changes
-are:
-
-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.
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
-Any external VFS modules will need to be updated to match these
-changes in order to work with 4.9.x.
+ nfs4:acedup Changed default merge
+ rndc command Removed
+ write cache size Removed
KNOWN ISSUES
============
-https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.9#Release_blocking_bugs
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.12#Release_blocking_bugs
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