From 043585fd1608bbb492e96b4288db698e5eff0aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Bartlett Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:19:11 -0700 Subject: WHATSNEW: Update WHATSNEW for new default winbind implementation Reviewed-by: Stefan Metzmacher Signed-off-by: Andrew Bartlett Autobuild-User(master): Andrew Bartlett Autobuild-Date(master): Sat Sep 27 04:01:33 CEST 2014 on sn-devel-104 --- WHATSNEW.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 2a4e7b75cb..0ab0561fc3 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -73,6 +73,23 @@ reliably possible, e.g. if there are trusted domains. Please consult the smb.conf manpage for more details on these new options. +Winbindd use on the Samba AD DC +=============================== + +Winbindd is now used on the Samba AD DC by default, replacing the +partial rewrite used for winbind operations in Samba 4.0 and 4.1. + +This allows more code to be shared, more options to be honoured, and +paves the way for support for trusted domains in the AD DC. + +If required the old internal winbind can be activated by setting +'server services = +winbind -winbindd'. Upgrading users with a server +services parameter specified should ensure they change 'winbind' to +'winbindd' to obtain the new functionality. + +The 'samba' binary still manages the starting of this service, there +is no need to start the winbindd binary manually. + Larger IO sizes for SMB2/3 by default ===================================== -- cgit