-What's new in Samba 4 Technology Preview
+This file contains a history of changes since the first Samba 4 Technology
+Preview. For a general introduction to Samba 4, see the README file in this
+directory. The NEWS file contains a list of differences between
+Samba 3 and Samba 4.
+
+========================================
+Changes in Samba4-TP2
+Release date: 16 March 2006
========================================
-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 support for the Active Directory logon protocols used
-by Windows 2000 and above.
+ * Make ldb async internally (idra)
+
+ * Use HDB-LDB as the keytab (abartlet)
+
+ * Call the wins hook script again (metze)
+
+ * Make sure no more then 25 records are added in the WINS database (metze)
+
+ * Documentation updates (jelmer)
+
+ * Fix termination issue in winreg server (metze)
+
+ * AES fix for Samba 4 <-> Samba4 (abartlet)
+
+ * Better conformance to FHS (abartlet, jelmer)
+
+ * Improve internal API and code quality in smbclient (jelmer)
+
+ * Add testsuite for smbclient (jelmer)
+
+ * Remove support for password as an optional second parameter in
+ smbclient (jelmer)
+
+ * Various warning fixes (metze)
+
+ * Several clarifications of comments (abartlet)
+
+ * Remove use of pstring in some places (jelmer)
+
+ * Re-add the global -k option to enable kerberos (abartlet)
+
+ * Various memory allocation fixes (abartlet)
+
+ * Add new cifsdd client (jpeach)
+
+ * Add tests for even more insane delete-on-close semantics (jra, tridge)
+
+ * Initial work on BASE-DELETE test passing (tridge)
+
+ * Optimizations in tdb (tridge)
+
+ * Improvements to ldb documentation (idra, Brad Hards)
+
+ * Check attribute names to obey rfc2251 (idra)
+
+ * Allow WINS replication with NT4SP6A (metze)
+
+ * Add ManageDSAIT control (Pete Rowley, idra)
+
+ * Add tests for LDB controls (idra)
+
+ * Various LDB crash fixes (idra)
+
+ * Initial work on vlv LDB control (idra)
+
+ * Add -p option to smbtorture (jpeach)
+
+ * Several improvements to the SMB URL and UNC parsing (jpeach)
+
+ * Make DCE/RPC connect functions work async (rafal)
+
+ * Fix invalid steal on supportedControls (closes: #3525) (abartlet)
+
+ * Start parsing saslauthd requests (metze)
+
+ * Split the NBT-WINSREPLICATION test into multiple tests (metze)
+
+ * Add new ACB-bits as seen in acct_flags in the PAC info3 (gd)
+
+ * Move header files out of include/ (jelmer)
+
+ * Create separate library for generic utility functions (jelmer)
+
+ * Add highestCommittedUSN, uSNChanged and uSNCreated support to LDB (tridge)
+
+ * Allow more control over the the winbindd socket location (abartlet)
+
+ * Allow messaging without a server messaging context (abartlet)
+
+ * Make GSSAPI SASL mech work (abartlet)
+
+ * Write out Samba4 version when provisioning (idra)
+
+ * Allow servers to bind to non-broadcast interfaces (tridge, abartlet)
+
+ * Initialize some ASN.1 elements that are optional (metze)
+
+ * Various improvements to RPC-SCHANNEL (abartlet)
+
+ * Make Samba4 pass some of the newer schannel tests (abartlet)
+
+ * Better handling of connections without SPNEGO (abartlet)
+
+ * Generate seperate headers for RPC client functions (jelmer)
+
+ * Improve NTLMSSP tests (abartlet, vl)
+
+ * Support any size pointers in pidl (tridge)
+
+ * Large overhaul of the opendb code to pass BASE-DELETE (tridge)
+
+ * Use doxygen for documenting lib/util and lib/registry (jelmer)
-Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in
-production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file,
-which aims to document what should and should not work.
+ * Add registration mechanism for modules and backends in ldb (idra, jelmer)
-With 3 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed
-a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which
-eventually lead to our Active Directory efforts), it was felt that we
-should create something we could 'show off' to our users. This is a
-Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing users, managers and
-developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite feedback and
-support.
-
-WARNINGS
-========
+ * Support building shared libraries in the build system (metze, jelmer)
-Samba4 TP is currently a pre-alpha technology. It may eat your cat, but
-is far more likely to choose to munch on your password database. We
-recommend against upgrading any production servers from Samba 3 to
-Samba 4 at this stage. If you are upgrading an experimental server,
-you should backup all configuration and data.
+ * Install headers in a sane location (jelmer)
-We expect that format changes will require that the user database be
-rebuilt from scratch a number of times before we make a final release,
-losing password data each time.
+ * Fix BASE-NEGNOWAIT (tridge)
-Samba 4 Technology Preview includes basic Access Control List (ACL)
-protection on the main user database, but due to time constraints,
-none on the registry at this stage. We also do not currently have
-ACLs on the SWAT web-based management tool. This means that Samba 4
-Technology Preview is not secure.
+ * Add prefixes to most of the SMB-related functions (metze)
-File system access should occur as the logged in user, much as Samba3
-does.
+ * Get rid of proto.h (jelmer)
-Again, we strongly recommend against use in a production environment
-at this stage.
+ * Reduce number of headers included in includes.h (jelmer)
-NEW FEATURES
-============
+ * Support header dependencies (jelmer)
-Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment
-used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join
-and domain logon operations with these clients.
+ * Add RAW-NOTIFY (tridge, metze)
-Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in
-LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) as well as the
-Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate
-the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we
-issue.
+ * Fix 'your password has expired' on every login (abartlet)
-SWAT is now integrated into Samba 4 as the user-friendly interface to
-Samba server management. SWAT provides easy access to our
-setup and migration tools. Using SWAT, you can migrate windows
-domains in Samba 4, allowing easy setup of initial user databases, and
-upgrades from Samba 3.
+ * Improvements to RPC-SAMSYNC (abartlet)
-The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the filesystem on the server to
-match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match
-windows behaviour and application expectations. This includes file
-annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The
-VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite.
+ * Work on supporting change notify (tridge, metze)
-A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing
-JavaScript programs to interface to Samba's internals.
+ * Reopen log files after SIGHUP (metze)
-The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that
-can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports
-standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are
-working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend.
-We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large
-directories.
+ * Add BUGS.txt (#3523) (jelmer)
-CHANGES
-=======
+ * Add summary to configure (#3442) (metze, jelmer)
-Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
-since that release series in the NEWS file.
+ * Swig fixes (idra)
- - An optional password is no longer supported as the second argument to
- smbclient.
+ * Improve NBT-WINSREPLICATION-OWNED test (metze)
-KNOWN ISSUES
-============
+ * Fix a lot of compiler warnings (metze)
-- Standalone server and domain member roles are not currently
- supported. While we have much of the infrastructure required, we
- have not collected these pieces together.
+ * Several code improvements found by static code checker (tridge, metze)
-- There is no printing support in the current release.
+ * Force correct alignment when in ASCII mode (#2921) (tridge)
+
+ * Fix coverity bug #127 (vl)
-- SWAT can be painful with <TAB> and forms. Just use the mouse, as
- the JavaScript layer doing this will change.
+ * Add support for changing process titles (metze)
-- Domain logons (using Kerberos) from windows clients incorrectly
- state that the password expires today.
+ * Support raw NTLMSSP (abartlet)
-RUNNING Samba4
-==============
+ * Fix debug levels in several places (abartlet)
-A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file
-in root of the tarball.
+ * Work to unify the ntvfs structures for smb and smb2 (metze, tridge)
-DEVELOPMENT and FEEDBACK
-========================
-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.
+ * Initial work on asynchronous libnet (rafal)
-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).
+ * Improvements to the wide character set functions (tridge)
+ * Several heimdal build improvements (abartlet, jelmer)
+ * A lot of small cleanups and typo fixes
+ (metze, abartlet, idra, jpeach, tridge, jelmer)
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