================================= Release Notes for Samba 3.3.0pre1 August 26, 2008 ================================= This is the first preview release of Samba 3.3.0. 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/. Major enhancements in Samba 3.3.0 include: Configuration/installation: o Splitting of library directory into library directory and separate modules directory. File Serving: o Extended Cluster support. Winbind: o Simplyfied idmap configuration. o Added new parameter "winbind reconnect delay". Administrative tools: o The destination "all" of smbcontrol does now affect all running daemons including nmbd and winbindd. o New 'net rpc vampire keytab' and 'net rpc vampire ldif' commands. o The 'net' utility can now use kerberos for joining and authentication. Libraries: o NetApi library implements various new calls for User- and Group Account Management. Configure changes ================= The configure option "--with-libdir" has been removed. The library directory can still be specified by using the existing "--libdir" option. A new option "--with-modulesdir" has been added to allow the specification of a separate directory for the shared modules. Winbind idmap backend changes ============================= The idmap configuration has changed with version 3.3 to something that allows a smoother upgrade path from pre-3.0.25 configurations that use "idmap backend". The reason for this change is that to many, also to Samba developers, the 3.0.25 style configuration with "idmap config" turned out to be very complex. Version 3.3 no longer deprecates the "idmap backend" parameter, instead with "idmap backend" the default idmap backend is specified. Accordingly, the "idmap config : default = yes" setting is no longer being looked at. As another simplification, there can be only one allocating backend. The alloc backend defaults to the default backend, which should be able to allocate IDs. In the default distribution the tdb and ldap backends can allocate, the ad and rid backends can not. The idmap alloc range is now being set with the "old" parameters "idmap uid" and "idmap gid". The "idmap domains" parameter has been removed. winbind reconnect delay ======================= This is a new parameter which specifies the number of seconds the Winbind daemon will wait between attempts to contact a Domain controller for a domain that is determined to be down or not contactable. ###################################################################### Changes ####### smb.conf changes ---------------- Parameter Name Description Default -------------- ----------- ------- idmap domains Removed init logon delayed hosts New "" init logon delay New 100 winbind reconnect delay New 30 Commit Highlights: ------------------ o Michael Adam * BUG 5609: Remove configure option "--with-libdir" and add "--with-modulesdir". * Extend "net rpc vampire keytab" to support differential replication and storing of kerberos keys. * Rework internal logic of registry tdb code. * Freeze autogenerated prototype headers (good bye "make proto"). o Jeremy Allison * Add new "winbind reconnect delay" parameter. * Make the change to smbcontrol for "all" to mean broadcast, and "smbd" to mean the main smb daemon. o Guenther Deschner * BUG 5710: Fix changing of machine account passwords. * Add "net rpc vampire keytab" and "net rpc vampire ldif". o Volker Lendecke * Rework of the Winbind idmap backend. ###################################################################### Reporting bugs & Development Discussion ####################################### Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. 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 3.3 product in the project's Bugzilla database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. == The Samba Team ======================================================================