Release Announcements ===================== This is the first preview release of Samba 4.5. 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 4.5 will be the next version of the Samba suite. UPGRADING ========= Nothing special. NEW FEATURES/CHANGES ==================== Support for LDAP_SERVER_NOTIFICATION_OID ---------------------------------------- The ldap server has support for the LDAP_SERVER_NOTIFICATION_OID control. This can be used to monitor the active directory database for changes. REMOVED FEATURES ================ only user and username parameters --------------------------------- These two parameters have long been deprecated and superseded by "valid users" and "invalid users". smb.conf changes ---------------- Parameter Name Description Default -------------- ----------- ------- only user Removed username Removed KNOWN ISSUES ============ Currently none. ####################################### 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 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. == The Samba Team ======================================================================