s3:pylibsmb: make use of PyBytes_FromStringAndSize() in py_cli_read()

[garming/samba-autobuild/.git] / WHATSNEW.txt

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@@ -33,16 +33,94 @@ kdc prefork
 The KDC now supports the pre-fork process model and worker processes will be
 forked for the KDC when the pre-fork process model is selected for samba.
 
+prefork 'prefork children'
+--------------------------
+
+The default value for this smdb.conf parameter has been increased from 1 to
+4.
+
+netlogon prefork
+----------------
+
+DCERPC now supports pre-forked NETLOGON processes. The netlogon processes are
+pre-forked when the prefork process model is selected for samba.
+
+Offline domain backups
+----------------------
+
+The 'samba-tool domain backup' command has been extended with a new 'offline'
+option. This safely creates a backup of the local DC's database directly from
+disk. The main benefits of an offline backup are it's quicker, it stores more
+database details (for forensic purposes), and the samba process does not have
+to be running when the backup is made. Refer to the samba-tool help for more
+details on using this command.
+
+Group membership statistics
+---------------------------
+
+A new 'samba-tool group stats' command has been added. This provides summary
+information about how the users are spread across groups in your domain.
+The 'samba-tool group list --verbose' command has also been updated to include
+the number of users in each group.
+
+prefork process restart
+-----------------------
+
+The pre-fork process model now restarts failed processes. The delay between
+restart attempts is controlled by the "prefork backoff increment" (default = 10)
+and "prefork maximum backoff" (default = 120) smbd.conf parameters.  A linear
+back off strategy is used with "prefork backoff increment" added to the
+delay between restart attempts up until it reaches "prefork maximum backoff".
+
+Using the default sequence the restart delays (in seconds) are:
+  0, 10, 20, ..., 120, 120, ...
+
+standard process model
+----------------------
+
+When using the standard process model samba forks a new process to handle ldap
+and netlogon connections.  Samba now honours the 'max smbd processes' smb.conf
+parameter.  The default value of 0, indicates there is no limit.  The limit
+is applied individually to netlogon and ldap.  When the process limit is
+exceeded Samba drops new connections immediately.
+
 REMOVED FEATURES
 ================
 
+MIT Kerberos build of the AD DC
+-------------------------------
+
+While not removed, the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is still
+considered experimental.  Because Samba will not issue security
+patches for this configuration, such builds now require the explicit
+configure option: --with-experimental-mit-ad-dc
+
+For further details see
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Running_a_Samba_AD_DC_with_MIT_Kerberos_KDC
+
+samba_backup
+------------
+
+The samba_backup script has been removed. This has now been replaced by the
+'samba-tool domain backup offline' command.
 
 smb.conf changes
 ================
 
-  Parameter Name                     Description             Default
-  --------------                     -----------             -------
-
+  Parameter Name                     Description                Default
+  --------------                     -----------                -------
+  prefork backoff increment   Delay added to process restart    10 (seconds)
+                              between attempts.
+  prefork maximum backoff     Maximum delay for process between 120 (seconds)
+                              process restart attempts
+  smbd search ask sharemode   Name changed, old name was
+                              "smbd:search ask sharemode"
+  smbd async dosmode          Name changed, old name was
+                              "smbd:async dosmode"
+  smbd max async dosmode      Name changed, old name was
+                              "smbd:max async dosmode"
+  smbd getinfo ask sharemode  New: similar to "smbd search ask  yes
+                              sharemode" but for SMB getinfo
 
 KNOWN ISSUES
 ============