Release Announcements
=====================
-This is the first release candidate of Samba 4.1. This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.6. 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 4.1 will be the next version of the Samba suite and includes
-all the technology found in both the Samba4 series and the stable 3.x
-series. The primary additional features over Samba 3.6 are
-support for the Active Directory logon protocols used by Windows 2000
-and above.
-
-If you are upgrading, or looking to develop, test or deploy Samba 4.1
-releases candidates, you should backup all configuration and data.
+Samba 4.6 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
=========
+vfs_fruit option "fruit:resource" spelling correction
+-----------------------------------------------------
+Due to a spelling error in the vfs_fruit option parsing for the "fruit:resource"
+option, users who have set this option in their smb.conf were still using the
+default setting "fruit:resource = file" as the parser was looking for the string
+"fruit:ressource" (two "s").
-NEW FEATURES
-============
-
-Directory database replication (AD DC mode)
-===========================================
-
-Directory replication has been reworked in order to improve the
-correctness and efficiency.
-As a net effect of it, replication with other domain controllers with
-a heavily modified schema is now possible (ie. Windows 2012 DCs or
-other Windows DC with exchange installed) and replication didn't fail
-anymore in such environments.
+After upgrading to this Samba version 4.6, you MUST either remove the option
+from your smb.conf or set it to the default "fruit:resource = file", otherwise
+your macOS clients will not be able to access the resource fork data.
+This version Samba 4.6 accepts both the correct and incorrect spelling, but the
+next Samba version 4.7 will not accept the wrong spelling.
-Server-Side Copy Support
-========================
+Users who were using the wrong spelling "ressource" with two "s" can keep the
+setting, but are advised to switch to the correct spelling.
-Samba 4.1.0 adds support for server-side copy operations via the SMB2
-FSCTL_SRV_COPYCHUNK request. Clients making use of server-side copy
-support, such as Windows Server 2012, should experience considerable
-performance improvements for file copy operations, as file data need not
-traverse the network.
-This feature is enabled by default on the smbd file server.
+NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
+====================
+kerberos client encryption types
+--------------------------------
+Some parts of Samba (most notably winbindd) perform Kerberos client
+operations based on a Samba-generated krb5.conf file. A new
+parameter, "kerberos encryption types" allows configuring the
+encryption types set in this file, thereby allowing the user to
+enforce strong or legacy encryption in Kerberos exchanges.
-Btrfs Filesystem Integration
-============================
+The default value of "all" is compatible with previous behavior, allowing
+all encryption algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to "strong"
+only allows AES-based algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to
+"legacy" allows only RC4-HMAC-MD5 - the legacy algorithm for Active Directory.
+This can solves some corner cases of mixed environments with Server 2003R2 and
+newer DCs.
-The Btrfs VFS module provided with Samba 4.1.0 further improves the
-performance of server-side copy operations on shares backed by a Btrfs
-filesystem. It does so by allowing multiple files to share the same
-on-disk extents, avoiding the unnecessary duplication of source and
-destination file data during a server-side copy operation.
-This feature can be explicitly enabled on smbd shares backed by a Btrfs
-filesystem with the smb.conf parameter:
-vfs objects = btrfs
+new option for owner inheritance
+--------------------------------
+The "inherit owner" smb.conf parameter instructs smbd to set the
+owner of files to be the same as the parent directory's owner.
+Up until now, this parameter could be set to "yes" or "no".
+A new option, "unix only", enables this feature only for the UNIX owner
+of the file, not affecting the SID owner in the Windows NT ACL of the
+file. This can be used to emulate something very similar to folder quotas.
-REMOVED COMPONENTS
-==================
+REMOVED FEATURES
+================
-The Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) has been removed.
-
-
-######################################################################
-Changes
-#######
smb.conf changes
-----------------
-
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
+================
- password level Removed
- set directory Removed
- use ntdb New No
-
-
-CHANGES SINCE 4.0.7
-===================
-
-o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
+ kerberos encryption types New all
+ inherit owner New option
+ fruit:resource Spelling correction
KNOWN ISSUES
============
-
-RUNNING Samba 4.1 as an AD DC
-=============================
-
-A short guide to setting up Samba 4 as an AD DC can be found on the wiki:
-
- http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
+Currently none.
#######################################
Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
-be filed under the Samba 4.1 product in the project's Bugzilla
+be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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