From f8316c1c159b44f1737ad976a562feb0dd1b0368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samba Release Account Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 01:51:27 +0000 Subject: Updated for 1.9.17 release. Jeremy (jallison@whistle.com) --- WHATSNEW.txt | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index e042c6145c4..6719d439e4f 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,21 +1,16 @@ - WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17alpha5 - July 31st 1997. - ========================================== + WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17 - August 25th 1997 + ====================================== -Last Alpha before full release. -------------------------------- - -It is our intention that 1.9.17alpha5 be the last alpha -before the full 1.9.17 release. If you are concerned that -Samba 1.9.17 compile cleanly out of the box on your platform -please try 1.9.17alpha5 and make sure it compiles for your -particular platform. Please let samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au -know if you have problems. +New stable release of Samba. +---------------------------- -The differences between 1.9.17alpha4 and 1.9.17alpha5 are -mainly tidying code to ensure portability over different -platforms (although some new code has been added). +This is the new stable release of Samba, superceeding +the last stable release 1.9.16p11. All users are +encouraged to upgrade to this new release as there have +been many improvements to the code since that time. -Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support. +Changes since 1.9.16p11. +------------------------ Improved browsing support. -------------------------- @@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this. *IMPORTANT* All Samba servers acting as local/domain master -browsers must be running 1.9.17alpha3 (or later). +browsers must be running 1.9.17 (or later). Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new code on their corporate network. @@ -39,9 +34,8 @@ Samba can now run agressive PC Benchmarks (Ziff-Davis NetBench) correctly with many hundreds of concurrent PC's. The confidence level on share mode handling in Samba is now much higher than it was previously. PC database -packages should be much safer when run against a -Samba share. Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing -this code for us. +packages should be safe when run against a Samba share. +Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing this code for us. If at all possible compile Samba to use the new share mode handling with shared memory (set the flags @@ -56,43 +50,49 @@ the Makefile : IRIX 5.x.x FreeBSD -Updated smb.conf documentation ------------------------------- -All options are now documented we believe. +Roving profile support. +----------------------- + +Roving profiles are believed to work correctly +with Windows NT 4.x and Windows 95. Domain logons +are fully implemented *for Windows 95 machines only*. + + +Updated documentation +--------------------- +All options are now documented in the smb.conf man page +we believe. Much work has been done by Samba Team members +to improve the quality and quantity of the Samba documentation. Many bugfixes and improvements ------------------------------ From around the 'net around the world. Many thanks to everyone who contributed. -Some of the changes since alpha4 are: - -*** Alias names for Samba servers. -*** Fixes for smbtar. -*** New "follow symlinks" option can prevent any - symlink following for security reasons. -*** Authentication for Kerberos 5 clients (note that - this is not the same as the Kerberos 5 Microsoft - will be using, that has not yet been documented). -*** smbpasswd can now add users to the smbpasswd file. -*** Hex dump style of debug packets. +Commercial thanks. +------------------ -Remaining known issues with cross-subnet browsing. --------------------------------------------------- -When nmbd is acting as a WINS server it doesn't handle -de-registering of members of a WORKGROUP<1e> name correctly. -The first machine to de-register will remove the name. This -should be fixed in a later release when group names are -handled correctly in the WINS code. +Thanks to Cisco for the new netbios alias code support. +Thanks to Silicon Graphics for the help with the cross +subnet browsing and NetBench code. +Thanks to Whistle for funding one of the Samba Team +members. -Remember - this is new code so there may be -bugs or problems. +Reporting bugs +-------------- -As always, all bugs are our responsibility - -please report them to : +The Samba Team believes that this is a stable +production release, but all software has bugs. +If you have problems, or think you have found a +bug please email a report to : samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au +Stating the version number of Samba that you +are running, and *full details* of the steps +we need to reproduce the problem. + +As always, all bugs are our responsibility. Regards, -- cgit