This is a set of generic SMB client routines. I needed this in a hurry

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-              WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17alpha4 - July 3rd 1997.
-              ==========================================
+              WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17 - August 25th 1997
+              ======================================
+
+New stable release of Samba.
+----------------------------
+
+This is the new stable release of Samba, superceding
+the last stable release 1.9.16p11. All users are
+encouraged to upgrade to this new release as there have
+been many improvements to the code since that time.
+See the Frequently Asked Questions (under docs/faq) for
+an explanation of how the version numbering scheme works,
+distinguishing between stable and development releases.
+
+Changes since 1.9.16p11.
+------------------------
 
 Improved browsing support. 
 --------------------------
@@ -9,10 +23,7 @@ across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt
 as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this.
 
 *IMPORTANT* All Samba servers acting as local/domain master
-browsers must be running 1.9.17alpha3 (or later).
-
-Samba 1.9.17alpha4 should now keep global and authoritative
-browse lists separate - see docs/BROWSING.txt for full details.
+browsers must be running 1.9.17 (or later).
 
 Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new 
 code on their corporate network.
@@ -26,9 +37,8 @@ Samba can now run agressive PC Benchmarks (Ziff-Davis
 NetBench) correctly with many hundreds of concurrent PC's.
 The confidence level on share mode handling in Samba
 is now much higher than it was previously. PC database
-packages should be much safer when run against a
-Samba share. Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing
-this code for us.
+packages should be safe when run against a Samba share. 
+Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing this code for us.
 
 If at all possible compile Samba to use the new share
 mode handling with shared memory (set the flags 
@@ -43,45 +53,53 @@ the Makefile :
        IRIX 5.x.x
        FreeBSD
 
-A crash bug with slow share modes in 1.9.17alpha3 has been
-corrected.
+Roving profile support.
+-----------------------
 
-Updated smb.conf documentation
-------------------------------
-All options are now documented we believe.
+Roving profiles are believed to work correctly
+with Windows NT 4.x and Windows 95. Domain logons
+are fully implemented *for Windows 95 machines only*.
+
+
+Updated documentation
+---------------------
+All options are now documented in the smb.conf man page
+we believe. Much work has been done by Samba Team members
+to improve the quality and quantity of the Samba documentation.
+
+A draft new structure for documentation is being worked on: see
+docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ for details. This will soon be a master
+reference to all Samba documentation.
 
 Many bugfixes and improvements
 ------------------------------
 From around the 'net around the world. Many
 thanks to everyone who contributed.
 
-A list of the new code since alpha3 includes :
+Commercial thanks.
+------------------
 
-*** Fix for roaming profiles hanging on a Samba drive.
-*** smbclient can now query Win95/NT print queues.
-*** smbd can now rename across filesystem mount points.
-*** New 'force xxx mode' options allow more control over
-    Unix file permissions.
-*** New 'client code page' option for internationalization
-    support.
-*** Documentation update.
+Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support.
+Thanks to Silicon Graphics for the help with the cross
+subnet browsing and NetBench code.
+Thanks to Whistle for funding one of the Samba Team
+members.
 
-Remaining known issues with cross-subnet browsing.
---------------------------------------------------
-When nmbd is acting as a WINS server it doesn't handle
-de-registering of members of a WORKGROUP<1e> name correctly.
-The first machine to de-register will remove the name. This
-should be fixed in a later release when group names are 
-handled correctly in the WINS code.
+Reporting bugs
+--------------
 
-Remember - this is new code so there may be
-bugs or problems.
-
-As always, all bugs are our responsibility - 
-please report them to :
+The Samba Team believes that this is a stable
+production release, but all software has bugs.
+If you have problems, or think you have found a
+bug please email a report to :
 
 samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
 
+Stating the version number of Samba that you
+are running, and *full details* of the steps
+we need to reproduce the problem.
+
+As always, all bugs are our responsibility.
 
 Regards,