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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2005-01-04 20:26:50 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2005-01-04 20:26:50 +0000
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r4516: current with 3.0 as of r4514. Updated release notes
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- ==============================
- Release Notes for Samba 3.0.10
- Dec 16, 2004
- ==============================
+ ==================================
+ Release Notes for Samba 3.0.11pre1
+ Jan 4, 2005
+ ===================================
-This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version
-that production Samba servers should be running for all current
-bug-fixes. This is primarily a security release to address
-CAN-2004-1154. See the "Changes" section for details on exact
-updates.
+This is a preview release of the Samba 3.0.2 code base and
+is provided for testing only. This release is *not* intended
+for production servers. However, there have been several bug
+fixes since 3.0.10 that we feel are important to make available
+to the Samba community for wider testing.
-Common bugs fixed in 3.0.10 include:
+Common bugs fixed in 3.0.11pre1 include:
- o Fix for security issues described in CAN-2004-1154.
+ o Numerous printing bugs bugs including memory
+ bloating on large/busy print servers.
+ o Compatibility issues with Exchange 5.5 SP4.
+ o sendfile fixes.
+
+Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.11pre1:
+
+ o Winbindd performance improvements.
+ o More 'net rpc campire' functionality.
+
@@ -19,6 +28,258 @@ Common bugs fixed in 3.0.10 include:
Changes
#######
+Changes since 3.0.10
+--------------------
+
+smb.conf changes
+----------------
+ Parameter Name Action
+ -------------- ------
+ afs token lifetime New
+ min password length Deprecated
+
+
+commits
+-------
+
+o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
+ * Extend vfs to add seekdir/telldir/rewinddir.
+ * Fix dirent return.
+ * Fix bugs when handling secondary trans2 requests.
+ * Implementation of get posix acls in UNIX extensions.
+ * Added set posix acl functionality into the UNIX extensions code.
+ * Updated config.guess/config.sub .
+ * Fix error reply when 'follow symlinks = no'.
+ * BUG 1061, 2045: Only set mtime from pending_modtime if it's
+ not already zero.
+ * Fixes for LARGE_READX support.
+ * Fix the problem we get on Linux where sendfile fails, but we've
+ already sent the header using send().
+ * BUG 2081: Ensure SE_DESC_DACL_PROTECTED is set if 'map acl
+ inherit = no'.
+ * BUG 2088: Ensure inherit permissions is only applied on a new
+ file, not an existing one.
+ * Don't go fishing for the krb5 authorisation data unless we know
+ it's there.
+ * BUG 2110: Ensure we convert to ucs2 correctly after the
+ CAN-2004-0930 patch.
+ * Make strict locking an enum. Auto means use oplock optimization.
+ * Fix client & server to allow 127k READX calls.
+ * More *alloc fixes (includes additional fixes by Albert Chin.
+ * Catch sendfile errors correctly and return the correct values
+ we want the caller to return.
+
+
+o Timur Bakeyev <timur@com.bat.ru>
+ * BUG 2100: change the way we check for errors after a dlopen().
+
+
+o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
+ * Clarify error message when 'lanman auth = no'.
+ * Remove the unnecessary UTF-8 conversion calls in the calls to
+ auth_winbind from smbd.
+
+
+o Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org>
+ * BUG 2073: fall back to smb_name if current_user_info is not
+ available in lp_file_list_changed().
+ * Fixes the spurious 'register_message_flags: tdb fetch failed'
+ errors.
+ * Don't run the backgroup LPQ daemon when we are running in
+ interactive mode.
+ * prevent the background LPQ daemon from updating the print queue
+ cache just because multiple smbd processes sent a message that
+ it was out of date.
+ * consolidate printer searches to use find_service rather than
+ for(...) loops.
+ * BUG 2091: don't remove statically defined printers in
+ remove_stale_printers().
+ * Fix logic error in add_a_form() that only compared N characters
+ instead of the entire form name.
+ * BUG 2107: fix memory bloating caused by large numbers of
+ print_queue_updates() requests sent via messages.tdb.
+ * Check the setprinter(3) based on the access permissions on
+ the handle and avoid the call to print_access_chaeck().
+
+
+o Nadav Danieli <nadavd@exanet.com>
+ * Short circuit some is_locked() tests if we are oplocked.
+
+
+o Guenther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
+ * Allow 'localhost' as a valid server name in the smbd for the
+ spoolss calls.
+ * Fix KRB5_SETPW-defines, no change in behaviour (Thanks to Luke
+ Mewburn for the input).
+ * BUG 2059: Add additional checks needed after logic change to the
+ HAVE_WRFILE_KEYTAB detection test.
+ * BUG 1076: Fix interaction with Exchange 5.5. SP4 and a
+ Samba DC. Allow us to lookup at least our own SID.
+ * More fixes to have proper german in swat (Thanks to Reiner
+ Klaproth and Björn Jacke.
+ * BUG 404, 2076: Allow to set OWNER- and GROUP-entries while
+ setting security descriptors with smbcacls and using with
+ the -S or -M switch.
+ * Include the munged_dial, bad_password_count, lopgon_count, and
+ logon_hours attributes when running 'net rpc vampire'.
+ * Fix segfault in idmap_rid.
+ * When winbindd is operating in the multi-mapping mode of
+ idmap_rid, allow BUILTIN domain-mapping.
+ * Display infolevel 12 in query_dom_info in rpcclient.
+ * Fix bug in winbindd's lowercasing of usernames.
+ * Allow -v or -l for displaying verbose groupmap-listing
+ as well as "verbose".
+ * Backport Samba4 SAM_DELTA_DOMAIN_INFO for use in 'net rpc
+ vampire'.
+ * Close LDAP-Connection before retrying to open a new connection
+ in the retry-loop.
+ * Marking "min password length" as depreciated.
+ * Implement SAMR query_dom_info-call info-level 8 server- and
+ client-side, based on samba4-idl.
+
+
+
+o Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
+ * Fix crash in 'net join' due to calling free on
+ static buffers.
+
+
+o Rob Foehl <rwf@loonybin.net>.
+ * Compiler warnings.
+ * Try modifying printer published attributes before adding it a
+ new entry in AD.
+ * Solaris packaging fixes.
+ * Don't force the cups printer-make-and-model tag as the comment
+ for autoloaded printers.
+
+
+o Johann Hanne <jhml@gmx.net>
+ * BUG 2038: Only fail winbindd_getgroups() if all lookups fail.
+
+
+o David Hu <david.hu@hp.com>
+ * Copy structure from print_queue_update() message rather than
+ referencing it. Fixes seg fault on HP-UX.
+
+
+o Buck Huppmann <buckh@pobox.com>
+ * BUG 2186: Don't free uninitialized credentials.
+ * BUG 2189: Add the HOST/fqdn servicePrincipalName even when
+ dnsDomainName != realm.
+
+
+o Björn Jacke <bjoern@j3e.de>
+ * BUG 2040: Ensure the locale is reset to C to get ASCII-
+ compatible toupper/lower functions.
+
+
+o William Jojo <jojowil@hvcc.edu>
+ * Fix HPUX sendfile and add configure.in tests and code for
+ sendfile on AIX.
+
+
+o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
+ * Optimize anonymous session setups by workstations in a
+ Samba domain.
+ * Reimplment the QueryUserAliases() server RPC reply.
+ * Re-add the getpwnam-cache for performance.
+ * Cache the result of a pdb_getsampwnam for later SID lookup
+ queries.
+ * Unify the means of localtaing a user's global groups on a
+ Samba DC.
+ * Fix bug when serving the 'Start Menu' in a roaming user profile..
+ * Map more pre-defined NT security descriptors to AFS acls.
+ * Add timeout to AD searche requests.
+ * If a connection to a DC is requested (in winbindd), open
+ connections simultaeneously to all DCs found.
+ * Memleak fixes.
+ * Fix logic error in handling of 'printcap name' parameter.
+ * Prevent winbindd from SPAM'ing the log files with 'user root
+ does not exist'.
+ * Baclkport samr_DomInfo2 IDL specification from Samba 4.
+ * Implement smbstatus -n, don't lookup users and groups.
+ * Implement a stupid mapping that maps the space to another
+ character choosable by afsacl:space.
+ * Add support for 'net idmap delete <idmap-file> <SID>'.
+ * Add new parameter 'afs token lifetime' tells the AFS client
+ when to throw away a token (patch from kllin@it.su.se).
+
+
+o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com>
+ * BUG 1952: Try INITSHUTDOWN pipe first, used by newer
+ clients. If it fails, fall back to WINREG.
+ * BUG 1770: Remove READ_ATTRIBUTES from GENERIC_EXECUTE.
+
+
+o Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>
+ * BUG 2150: shmget() - Use POSIX definitions instead of non-
+ standard SHM_.
+
+
+o Buchan Milne <bgmilne@mandrake.org>
+ * Mandrake packaging fixes.
+
+
+o Lars Mueller <lmuelle@suse.de>
+ * Fix build of libsmbclient on x86_64.
+ * BUG 2013: Fix testsuite build issues when libsmbclient.so
+ is installed in a non-default location.
+ * BUG 2050: Calculate max_fd for select correctly.
+ * Fix inverted logic heck for HAVE_WRFILE_KEYTAB in autoconf
+ script.
+
+
+o Jason Mader <jason@ncac.gwu.edu>
+ * BUG 2069: Remove unused variables.
+ * BUG 2075: Remove dead code paths.
+ * BUG 2083: Fix compiler warnings caused by bad type casts.
+
+
+o Gavrie Philipson <gavrie@disksites.com>
+ * BUG 1838: Remove stale printers imeeddiately when
+ processing a SIGHUP and during smb.conf reload.
+
+
+o Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org>
+ * BUG 2080: Fix duplicate call to pdb_get_acct_desc().
+ * BUG 2168: Fix cast in SMB_XMALLOC_ARRAY.
+ * Change the license for the winbindd external interface
+ more liberal.
+ * HP-UX compile fixes.
+
+
+o Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org>
+ * Backport pdbedit changes from trunk.
+
+
+o Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>
+ * Bring Samba3 into line with the Samba4 password change code.
+
+
+o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>
+ * Bug fixes for pdb_{xml,pqsql,xml}
+
+
+o Shiro Yamada <shiro@miraclelinux.com>
+ * BUG 2190: Force SWAT to display parameters in unix charset and
+ not UTF-8.
+
+
+
+Changes for older versions follow below:
+
+ --------------------------------------------------
+ ==============================
+ Release Notes for Samba 3.0.10
+ Dec 16, 2004
+ ==============================
+
+Common bugs fixed in 3.0.10 include:
+
+ o Fix for security issues described in CAN-2004-1154.
+
+
+
Changes since 3.0.9
-------------------
@@ -45,8 +306,6 @@ o Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>
-Changes for older versions follow below:
-
--------------------------------------------------
=============================