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| author | Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> | 2014-09-20 01:14:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> | 2014-09-20 09:15:07 +0200 |
| commit | fc70caaf186d51c58d9699e4dc11f6645baad156 (patch) | |
| tree | a21bcf768046435f0abac81794f4a5a9a346e4ad /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | 277f0412e92d40a81ea3e31585fad8881e8c88ba (diff) | |
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WHATSNEW: Winbindd/Netlogon improvements
Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 617dca19b5..367858c3ec 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Samba 4.2 will be the next version of the Samba suite. UPGRADING ========= +Read the "Winbindd/Netlogon improvements" section (below) carefully! NEW FEATURES @@ -35,6 +36,42 @@ Snapper for use by Samba. This provides the ability for remote clients to access shadow-copies via Windows Explorer using the "previous versions" dialog. +Winbindd/Netlogon improvements +============================== + +The whole concept of maintaining the netlogon secure channel +to (other) domain controllers is rewritten in order to maintain +global state in a netlogon_creds_cli.tdb. This is the proper fix +for a large number of bugs: + + https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6563 + https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7944 + https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7945 + https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7568 + https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8599 + +In addition a strong session key is required by default now, +which means that communication to older servers or clients +might be rejected by default. + +For the client side we the following new options: +"require strong key" (yes by default), "reject md5 servers" (no by default). +E.g. for Samba 3.0.37 you need "require strong key = no" and +for NT4 DCs you need "require strong key = no" and "client NTLMv2 auth = no", + +On the server side (as domain controller) we have the following new options: +"allow nt4 crypto" (no by default), "reject md5 client" (no by default). +E.g. in order to allow Samba < 3.0.27 or NT4 members to work +you need "allow nt4 crypto = yes" + +winbindd does not list group memberships for display purposes +(e.g. getent group <domain\<group>) anymore by default. +The new default is "winbind expand groups = 0" now, +the reason for this is the same as for "winbind enum users = no" +and "winbind enum groups = no". Providing this information is not always +reliably possible, e.g. if there're trusted domains. + +Please consult the smb.conf manpage for more details of this new options. ###################################################################### Changes @@ -46,9 +83,12 @@ smb.conf changes Parameter Name Description Default -------------- ----------- ------- - - - + allow nt4 crypto New no + neutralize nt4 emulation New no + reject md5 client New no + reject md5 servers New no + require strong key New yes + winbind expand groups Changed default 0 KNOWN ISSUES ============ |