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Copyright (C) 1997-1999 - Samba-Team
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The Samba-Team are committed to an aggressive program to deliver quality
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controlled software to a well defined roadmap.
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The current Samba release 2.0.4 is called the "NT Security update".
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It correctly implements the Windows NT specific SMB calls,
and will operate correctly as a client in a Windows NT
Domain environment.
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In addition, the first implementation of the Web-based GUI
management tool ships with 2.0.0, thus fullfilling some of
the commitments made in the 1.9.18 release Roadmap document.
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Some work has been done on ensuring compatibility with
Windows NT 5.0 (now Windows 2000 :-) although this is
a somewhat (slowly) moving target.
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The following development objectives for future releases
are in place:
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2.0.x - "NT Security update" - Allowing Windows NT Clients to
manipulate file security and ownership using native tools.
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Note that the "NT Security update" part of the Roadmap has been
achieved with the Samba 2.0.4 release.
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2.0.xx - "Thin Server" mode, allowing a Samba server to be
inserted into a network with no UNIX setup required.
Some management capabilities for Samba using native NT tools.
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Provision of command-line equivalents to native NT tools.
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2.X - "Domain Controller" - able to serve as a Windows NT PDC.
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X.XX - "Full Domain Integration" - allowing both PDC and BDC modes.
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Note that it is a given that the Samba Team will continue to track
Windows (NT/2000) update releases, ensuring that Samba will work
well with whatever "Beta" releases Redmond throws our way :-).
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You may also note that the release numbers get fuzzier the
further into the future the objectives get. This is intentional
as we cannot yet commit to exact timeframes.
