From 3296b11d7ad4f4c44d41b8c1c399ae0383d6d0dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:57:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] r12659: Add some more information for potential users. Please supplement / amend where necessary. --- NEWS | 10 ++++++++-- README | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ STATUS | 2 ++ TODO | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README create mode 100644 STATUS create mode 100644 TODO diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e189f54574d..86ce60c586f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ Introduction of LDB Samba now stores most of its persistent data in a LDAP-like database called LDB (see ldb(7) for more info). +Built-in LDAP server +==================== +FIXME + Much improved SWAT -=============== +================== SWAT has had some rather large improvements and is now more then just a direct editor for smb.conf. Its layout has been improved. SWAT can now also be used for editing run-time data - maintaining user information, provisioning, @@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ Changed configuration options ============================= Several configuration options have been removed in Samba4 while others have been introduced. This section contains a summary of changes to smb.conf and -where these settings moved. +where these settings moved. Configuration options that have disappeared may be +re-added later when the functionality that uses them gets reimplemented in +Samba 4. The 'security' parameter has been split up. It is now only used to choose between the 'user' and 'share' security levels (the latter is not supported diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d527283c3dc --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being +developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in +this branch is full support for being a Active Directory domain controller. + +Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in production +environments. The STATUS file aims to document what should and should not +work. + +Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes +since that release series in the NEWS file. A short guide to setting up +Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file in this directory. + +Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/. Please +look at the STATUS file before filing a bug to see if a particular +is supposed to work yet. + +Development and general discussion about Samba 4 happens mainly on +the #samba-technical IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and +the samba-technical mailing list (see http://lists.samba.org/ for +details). diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3e72ef68855 --- /dev/null +++ b/STATUS @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +This file documents the features that are known to work or known to +still need work in the current version of Samba 4. diff --git a/TODO b/TODO new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a1724ddcabd --- /dev/null +++ b/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +source/build/smb_build/TODO +source/lib/registry/TODO +source/lib/tdr/TODO +source/pidl/TODO -- 2.34.1