From 68fea7c9314f7dad712d0c2229e55101f4985595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 04:50:10 +0000 Subject: r21621: This is the final draft of the release notes. Time to start testing tarballs to RTTW --- WHATSNEW.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index e472d4aee56..f28d1d8290e 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ We would like to ask the Samba community for help in testing these changes as we work towards the next significant production upgrade Samba 3.0 release. -Major Features included in the 3.0.25 code base include: +Major features included in the 3.0.25 code base include: - o Significant improvements in the winbind off-line logon support + o Significant improvements in the winbind off-line logon support. o Support for secure DDNS updates as part of the 'net ads join' - process + process. o Rewritten IdMap interface which allows for TTL based caching and per domain backends. o New plug-in interface for the "winbind nss info" parameter. @@ -28,6 +28,46 @@ Major Features included in the 3.0.25 code base include: o Man pages for VFS plugins. +Off-line Logons and AD Site Support +=================================== + +Winbind's capability to support offline logons has been greatly +improved with the 3.0.25 release including support for locating +domain controllers asynchronously using Active Directory Site +information. + + +New IdMap Interface for Winbindd +================================ + +The 3.0.25 release of Samba will include a rewritten IdMap interface +for winbindd which replaces the "idmap backend" parameter. The +initial design document may be found at + + http://www.samba.org/~idra/samba3_newidmap.pdf + +The final 3.0.25 release will include full documentation in the +distributed manpages. + + +Dynamic DNS Updates +=================== + +The "net ads join" command is now able to register the host's DNS A +records with Windows 2000 SP4 and 2003 DNS servers. This +feature must be enabled at compile time using the --with-dnsupdate +when running the ./configure script. There is also a related "net ads +dns" command for refreshing a host's records which could be launched +from a dhcp client script when a new IP address is obtained. + + +Support for Additional ACL Modules +================================== + +Samba's POSIX ACL support has been moved inside of the VFS layer +which means it is now possible to support multiple ACL implementations +on the same server including NFSv3 and GPFS ACLs. + ###################################################################### Changes -- cgit