-What's new in Samba4 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.
-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 AD logon protocols used by Windows 2000
-and above.
+========================================
+Changes in Samba4-TP2
+Release date: 22 March 2006
+========================================
-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.
+ * Make ldb async internally (idra)
-With 3 years of development under our belt since tridge firs proposed
-a new VFS layer for Samba3 (a project which eventually lead to our AD
-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.
+ * Use HDB-LDB as the keytab (abartlet)
-WARNINGS
-========
+ * Call the wins hook script again (metze)
-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. In
-particular if you are upgrading from Samba3, you should backup all
-configuration and data.
+ * Make sure no more then 25 records are added in the WINS database (metze)
+
+ * Documentation updates (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,
-loosing password data.
+ * Fix termination issue in winreg server (metze)
-Samba4 TP includes basic ACL protection on the main user database, but
-due to time constraints, none on the registry at this stage. We do
-not currently have ACLs on the SWAT web-based management tool.
+ * AES fix for Samba 4 <-> Samba4 (abartlet)
-Filesystem access should occour as the logged in user, much as Samba3
-does.
+ * Better conformance to FHS (abartlet, jelmer)
-We strongly recommend against use in a production environment at this
-stage.
+ * Improve internal API and code quality in smbclient (jelmer)
-NEW FEATURES
-============
+ * Add testsuite for smbclient (jelmer)
-Samba4 supports the server-side of the AD logon environment
-used by Windows 2000 and later, as evidenced by domain join
-and domain logon operations.
+ * Remove support for password as an optional second parameter in
+ smbclient (jelmer)
-Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in
-LDAP server, KDC as well as the logon services provided over CIFS. We
-correctly generate the Kerberos PAC, and include it with the kerberos
-tickets we issue.
+ * Various warning fixes (metze)
-SWAT is the new user-freindly interface to Samba4 managment, and
-provides access to our setup and migration functionality. In
-particular, we can migrate windows domains in Samba4 from this
-interface. This allows setup of initial user databases, and upgrades
-from Samba3.
+ * Several clarifications of comments (abartlet)
-The new NTFVS features in Samba4, the project that started this all,
-is concerned with providing 'exact' semantics for basic file
-operations, and is backed by an extensive client testsuite.
+ * Remove use of pstring in some places (jelmer)
-A new scripting interface has been added to Samba4, allowing
-JavaScript programs to interface to Samba's internals. This is also
-used for the SWAT GUI.
+ * Re-add the global -k option to enable kerberos (abartlet)
-Samba4 is strongly based around an LDAP-like backend, which includes
-an implementation against the actual LDAP protocol. With the addition
-of modules on directory servers and in Samba, we hope this can allow
-Samba4 to be a powerful frontend to vendor directories, much as Samba3
-is.
+ * Various memory allocation fixes (abartlet)
-CHANGES
-=======
+ * Add new cifsdd client (jpeach)
-Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
-since that release series in the NEWS file.
+ * Add tests for even more insane delete-on-close semantics (jra, tridge)
+
+ * Initial work on BASE-DELETE test passing (tridge)
-In particular, standalone server and domain member roles are not
-currently supported. While we have much of the infrustructure
-required, we have not collected these peices togeather.
+ * Optimizations in tdb (tridge)
-There is no printing support in the current release.
+ * Improvements to ldb documentation (idra, Brad Hards)
-KNOWN ISSUES
-============
+ * Check attribute names to obey rfc2251 (idra)
-- SWAT can be painful with <TAB> and forms. Just use the mouse, as
- the JS layer doing this will change.
+ * Allow WINS replication with NT4SP6A (metze)
-- Domain logons (using Kerberos) from windows clients incorrectly
- state that the password expires today.
+ * Add ManageDSAIT control (Pete Rowley, idra)
-RUNNING Samba4
-==============
+ * Add tests for LDB controls (idra)
-A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file
-in root of the tarball.
+ * Various LDB crash fixes (idra)
-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 vlv LDB control (idra)
-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).
+ * 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)
+
+ * Add registration mechanism for modules and backends in ldb (idra, jelmer)
+
+ * Support building shared libraries in the build system (metze, jelmer)
+
+ * Install headers in a sane location (jelmer)
+
+ * Fix BASE-NEGNOWAIT (tridge)
+
+ * Add prefixes to most of the SMB-related functions (metze)
+
+ * Get rid of proto.h (jelmer)
+
+ * Reduce number of headers included in includes.h (jelmer)
+
+ * Support header dependencies (jelmer)
+
+ * Add RAW-NOTIFY (tridge, metze)
+
+ * Fix 'your password has expired' on every login (abartlet)
+
+ * Improvements to RPC-SAMSYNC (abartlet)
+
+ * Work on supporting change notify (tridge, metze)
+
+ * Reopen log files after SIGHUP (metze)
+
+ * Add BUGS.txt (#3523) (jelmer)
+
+ * Add summary to configure (#3442) (metze, jelmer)
+
+ * Swig fixes (idra)
+
+ * Improve NBT-WINSREPLICATION-OWNED test (metze)
+
+ * Fix a lot of compiler warnings (metze)
+
+ * Several code improvements found by static code checker (tridge, metze)
+
+ * Force correct alignment when in ASCII mode (#2921) (tridge)
+
+ * Fix coverity bug #127 (vl)
+
+ * Add support for changing process titles (metze)
+
+ * Support raw NTLMSSP (abartlet)
+
+ * Fix debug levels in several places (abartlet)
+
+ * Work to unify the ntvfs structures for smb and smb2 (metze, tridge)
+
+ * Initial work on asynchronous libnet (rafal)
+
+ * 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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