-What's new in Samba 4 alpha16
-=============================
-
-Samba 4.0 will be the next version of the Samba suite and incorporates
-all the technology found in both the Samba4 alpha 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.
-
-WARNINGS
-========
-
-Samba4 alpha16 is not a final Samba release, however we are now making
-good progress towards a Samba 4.0 release, of which this is a preview.
-Be aware the this release contains both the technology of Samba 3.6
-(that you can reasonably expect to upgrade existing Samba 3.x releases
-to) and the AD domain controller work previously known as 'samba4'.
-No migration path is currently provided between these two sets of
-technology. These missing migration paths will be the focus of
-development between now and a Samba 4.0 release.
-
-While binaries for the stable file server are provided in this
-release, for a stable, supported file server, Samba3 domain or AD
-domain member installation, please run a Samba 3.x release, as we are
-still bedding down the new single build system.
-
-Samba4 is subjected to an awesome battery of tests on an automated
-basis, we have found Samba 4.0 to be very stable in it's behavior.
-However, we still recommend against upgrading production servers from
-Samba 3.x release to Samba 4.0 alpha at this stage.
-
-If you are upgrading, or looking to develop, test or deploy Samba 4.0
-alpha releases, you should backup all configuration and data.
-
-NEW FEATURES
-============
+Release Announcements
+=====================
-Samba 4.0 alpha 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.
+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 4.6 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").
+
+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.
+
+Users who were using the wrong spelling "ressource" with two "s" can keep the
+setting, but are advised to switch to the correct spelling.
+
+ID Mapping
+----------
+We discovered that the majority of users have an invalid or incorrect
+ID mapping configuration. We implemented checks in the 'testparm' tool to
+validate the ID mapping configuration. You should run it and check if it prints
+any warnings or errors after upgrading! If it does you should fix them. See the
+'IDENTITY MAPPING CONSIDERATIONS' section in the smb.conf manpage.
+There are some ID mapping backends which are not allowed to be used for the
+default backend. Winbind will no longer start if an invalid backend is
+configured as the default backend.
-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.
+To avoid problems in future we advise all users to run 'testparm' after
+changing the smb.conf file!
-Samba 4.0 alpha ships with two distinct file servers. The file server
-from the Samba 3.x series is 'smbd', and works with the binaries users
-would expect from that series (nmbd, winbindd, smbpasswd).
+NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
+====================
-Samba 4.0 also ships with a new file server, which is tuned to match
-the requirements of an AD domain controller. Users should not use the
-file server in the 'samba' binary for non-DC related tasks.
+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.
-A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing Python
-programs to interface to Samba's internals, and many tools and
-internal workings of the DC code is now implemented in python.
+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.
+Printing
+--------
+Support for uploading printer drivers from newer Windows clients (Windows 10)
+has been added until our implementation of [MS-PAR] protocol is ready.
+Several issues with uploading different printing drivers have been addressed.
-CHANGES SINCE alpha15
-=====================
+The OS Version for the printing server has been increased to announce
+Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. If a driver needs a newer version then you should
+check the smb.conf manpage for details.
-For a list of changes since alpha 15, please see the git log.
+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.
-$ git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git
-$ cd samba.git
-$ git log release-4-0-0alpha15..release-4-0-0alpha16
+Multi-process Netlogon support
+------------------------------
-The biggest user-visible change is that binaries from the Samba 3.x
-series of development are now built and installed. These binaries
-(smbd, nmbd, winbindd, net, testparm, etc) operate much as they do in
-the Samba 3.6 release candidates.
+The Netlogon server in the Samba AD DC can now run as multiple
+processes. The Netlogon server is a part of the AD DC that handles
+NTLM authentication on behalf of domain members, including file
+servers, NTLM-authenticated web servers and 802.1x gateways. The
+previous restriction to running as a single process has been removed,
+and it will now run in the same process model as the rest of the
+'samba' binary.
-CHANGES
-=======
+As part of this change, the NETLOGON service will now run on a distinct
+TCP port, rather than being shared with all other RPC services (LSA,
+SAMR, DRSUAPI etc).
-smb.conf changes
-----------------
+new options for controlling TCP ports used for RPC services
+-----------------------------------------------------------
- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
- announce version Removed
- announce as Removed
+The new 'rpc server port' option controls the default port used for
+RPC services other than Netlogon. The Netlogon server honours instead
+the 'rpc server port:netlogon' option. The default value for both
+these options is the first available port including or after 1024.
-Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes
-between the two technology sets provided in the NEWS file.
+Improve AD performance and replication improvements
+---------------------------------------------------
-KNOWN ISSUES
-============
+Samba's LDB and replication code continues to improve, particularly in
+respect to the handling of large numbers of linked attributes. We now
+respect an 'uptodateness vector' which will dramatically reduce the
+over-replication of links from new DCs. We have also made the parsing
+of on-disk linked attributes much more efficient.
+
+DNS improvements
+---------------------------
+
+The samba-tool dns subcommand is now much more robust and can delete
+records in a number of situations where it was not possible to do so
+in the past.
+
+On the server side, DNS names are now more strictly validated.
+
+
+CTDB changes
+------------
+
+* "ctdb event" is a new top-level command for interacting with event scripts
+
+ "ctdb event status" replaces "ctdb scriptstatus" - the latter is
+ maintained for backward compatibility but the output format has been
+ cleaned up
+
+ "ctdb event run" replaces "ctdb eventscript"
+
+ "ctdb event script enable" replaces "ctdb enablescript"
+
+ "ctdb event script disable" replaces "ctdb disablescript"
-- Domain member support in the 'samba' binary is in it's infancy, and
- is not comparable to the support found in winbindd. As such, do not
- use the 'samba' binary (provided for the AD server) on a member
- server.
+ The new command "ctdb event script list" lists event scripts.
-- There is no printing support in the 'samba' binary (use smbd instead)
+* CTDB's back-end for running event scripts has been replaced by a
+ separate, long-running daemon ctdbd_eventd.
-- There is no NetBIOS browsing support in the 'samba' binary (use nmbd
- and smbd instead)
+* Running ctdb interactively will log to stderr
-- Clock Synchronisation is critical. Many 'wrong password' errors are
- actually due to Kerberos objecting to a clock skew between client
- and server. (The NTP work in the previous alphas are partly to assist
- with this problem).
+* CTDB logs now include process id for each process
-- The DRS replication code may fail. Please contact the team if you
- experience issues with DRS replication, as we have fixed many issues
- here in response to feedback from our production users.
+* CTDB tags log messages differently. Changes include:
-- Users upgrading existing databases to Samba4 should carefully
- consult upgrading-samba4.txt. We have made a number of changes in
- this release that should make it easier to upgrade in future.
- Btw: there exists also a script under the "setup" directory of the
- source distribution called "upgrade_from_s3" which should allow a step-up
- from Samba3 to Samba4. It's not included yet in the binary distributions
- since it's completely experimental!
+ ctdb-recoverd: Messages from CTDB's recovery daemon
+ ctdb-recovery: Messages from CTDB database recovery
+ ctdb-eventd: Messages from CTDB's event daemon
+ ctdb-takeover: Messgaes from CTDB's public IP takeover subsystem
-RUNNING Samba 4.0 as an AD DC
-=============================
+* The mapping between symbolic and numeric debug levels has changed
-A short guide to setting up Samba 4 as an AD DC can be found on the wiki:
+ Configurations containing numeric debug levels should be updated.
+ Symbolic debug levels are recommended. See the DEBUG LEVEL section
+ of ctdb(7) for details.
+
+* Tunable IPAllocAlgorithm replaces LCP2PublicIPs, DeterministicIPs
+
+ See ctdb-tunables(7) for details
+
+* CTDB's configuration tunables should be consistently set across a cluster
+
+ This has always been the cases for most tunables but this fact is
+ now documented.
+
+* CTDB ships with recovery lock helper call-outs for etcd and Ceph RADOS
+
+ To build/install these, use the --enable-etcd-reclock and
+ --enable-ceph-reclock configure options.
+
+
+REMOVED FEATURES
+================
+
+
+smb.conf changes
+================
+
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
+ kerberos encryption types New all
+ inherit owner New option
+ fruit:resource Spelling correction
+ lsa over netlogon New (deprecated) no
+ rpc server port New 0
+
+
+KNOWN ISSUES
+============
- http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
+Currently none.
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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 4.0 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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