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WHATS NEW IN 2.0.0 ALPHA SERIES
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WHATS NEW IN Samba 2.0.0 beta1
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==============================
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This is an alpha release of Samba. Releases in this series are done
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automatically every week based on the latest code in the Samba CVS
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tree.
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This is a MAJOR new release of Samba, the UNIX based SMB/CIFS file
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and print server for Windows systems.
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THIS RELEASE IS NOT PRODUCTION QUALITY. IT MAY NOT EVEN COMPILE.
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There have been many changes in Samba since the last major release,
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1.9.18. These have mainly been in the areas of performance and
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SMB protocol correctness. In addition, a Web based GUI interface
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for configuring Samba has been added.
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If you use this release then be aware of the following:
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- only use these releases if you can't use CVS for some
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reason. Getting the code via anonymous cvs is preferable. See
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http://samba.anu.edu.au/cvs.html
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- don't use this code if you are not an experienced programmer. We are
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doing these releases so that users who cannot access the CVS tree
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directly for some reason can report/fix bugs. If you find bugs in
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this release and you want to help fix them then please join the
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samba-technical mailing list (see http://samba.anu.edu.au/listproc/)
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and discuss it there.
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- the docs are not uptodate. If you find documentation errors then
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please send patches to fix them. Out of date documentation is one of
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the main things holding back a Samba 2.0 release.
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In addition, Samba has been re-written to help portability to
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other POSIX-based systems, based on the GNU autoconf tool.
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Major changes in Samba 2.0
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--------------------------
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There have been several major changes in Samba for version 2.0. Here
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are some of them:
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There are many major changes in Samba for version 2.0. Here are
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some of them:
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1) autoconf
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-----------
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=====================================================================
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You now configure Samba by running "./configure" then make. See
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docs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
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1). Speed
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---------
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2) domain control
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-----------------
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Samba has been benchmarked on high-end UNIX hardware as out-performing
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all other SMB/CIFS servers using the Ziff-Davis NetBench benchmark.
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Many changes to the code to optimise high-end performance have been made.
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Samba can now (mostly) act as a NT primary domain controller and
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domain logon server. Unfortunately this is largely undocumented at the
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moment, but to get you started you want smb.conf entries like this:
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2). Correctness
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---------------
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domain controller = Yes
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domain logons = Yes
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preferred master = Yes
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domain master = Yes
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Samba now supports the Windows NT specific SMB requests. This
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means that on platforms that are capable Samba now presents a
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64 bit view of the filesystem to Windows NT clients and is
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capable of handling very large files.
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[netlogon]
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path = /data/netlogon
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read only = No
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3). Portability
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further documentation on this still needs to be written :)
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Samba is now self-configuring using GNU autoconf, removing
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the need for people installing Samba to have to hand configure
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Makefiles, as was needed in previous versions.
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3) option defaults changed
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--------------------------
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You now configure Samba by running "./configure" then "make". See
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docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt for details.
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several parameters have changed their default values. The most
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important of these is that the default security mode is now user level
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security rather than share level security.
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4) web based GUI configuration
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4) Web based GUI configuration
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Samba now comes with SWAT, a web based GUI config system. See
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swat/README for how to set it up.
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the swat man page for details on how to set it up.
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5) change to nmbd default logging behavior
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------------------------------------------
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5) Cross protocol data integrety
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The nmbd daemon now appends to pre-existing log files by default. In
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previous releases, nmbd would overwrite old log files. Both nmbd and smbd
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now accept the '-a' and '-o' options, which mean "append" and "overwrite",
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respectively.
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An open function interface has been defined to allow
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"opportunistic locks" (oplocks for short) granted by Samba
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to be seen by other UNIX processes. This allows complete
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cross protocol (NFS and SMB) data integrety using Samba
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with platforms that support this feature.
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6) Domain client capability
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Minor changes in Samba 2.0
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Samba is now capable of using a Windows NT PDC for user
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authentication in exactly the same was as a Windows NT
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server does, ie. it can be a member of a Domain. See
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docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.txt for details.
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1) timestamps on all log messages
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---------------------------------
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7) Documentation Updates
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Both nmbd and smbd now place timestamp headers on all log messages. The
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headers include the time and the message level. On systems with compilers
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that support the necessary macros, the file & function names and the line
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number (of the call to Debug()) will also be listed.
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All the reference parts of the Samba documentation (the
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manual pages) have been updated and converted to a document
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format that allows automatic generation of HTML, SGML, and
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text formats. These documents now ship as standard in HTML
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and manpage format.
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2) NetBIOS name server has improved database
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=====================================================================
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The linked list used to store NetBIOS names in the Samba "WINS" database
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has been replaced with a splay-balanced binary tree. This should improve
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speed for installations with very large WINS lists.
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NOTE - Some important option defaults changed
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---------------------------------------------
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Several parameters have changed their default values. The most
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important of these is that the default security mode is now user
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level security rather than share level security.
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This (incompatible) change was made to ease new Samba installs
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as user level security is easier to use for Windows 95/98 and
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Windows NT clients.
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********IMPORTANT NOTE****************
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If you have no "security=" line in the [global] section of
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your current smb.conf and you update to Samba 2.0 you will
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need to add the line :
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security=share
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to get exactly the same behaviour with Samba 2.0 as you
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did with previous versions of Samba.
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********END IMPORTANT NOTE*************
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In addition, Samba now defaults to case sensitivity options that
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match a Windows NT server precisely, that is, case insensitive
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but case preserving.
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=====================================================================
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NOTE - Primary Domain Controller Functionality
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----------------------------------------------
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This version of Samba contains code that correctly implements
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the undocumented Primary Domain Controller authentication
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protocols. However, there is much more to being a Primary
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Domain Controller than serving Windows NT logon requests.
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A useful version of a Primary Domain Controller contains
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many remote proceedure calls to do things like enumerate users,
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groups, and security information, only some of which Samba currently
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implements. For this reason we have chosen not to advertise
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and actively support Primary Domain Controller functionality
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with this release.
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This work is being done in the CVS (developer) versions of Samba,
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development of which continues at a fast pace. If you are
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interested in participating in or helping with this development
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please join the Samba-NTDOM mailing list. Details on joining
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are available at :
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http://samba.anu.edu.au/listproc/
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Details on obtaining CVS (developer) versions of Samba
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are available at:
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http://samba.anu.edu.au/cvs.html
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=====================================================================
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If you have problems, or think you have found a bug please email
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a report to :
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samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
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As always, all bugs are our responsibility.
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Regards,
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The Samba Team.
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There have been lots of other changes as well. We'll add them here as
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we remember them :)
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