Author: jelmer Date: 2007-12-20 00:26:05 +0000 (Thu, 20 Dec 2007) New Revision: 1164
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Added: trunk/history/samba-4.0.0alpha2.html =================================================================== --- trunk/history/samba-4.0.0alpha2.html 2007-12-14 12:18:11 UTC (rev 1163) +++ trunk/history/samba-4.0.0alpha2.html 2007-12-20 00:26:05 UTC (rev 1164) @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + +<head> +<title>Samba - Release Notes Archive</title> +</head> + +<body> + + <H2>Samba 4.0.0alpha2 Available for Download</H2> + +<p> +<pre> +What's new in Samba 4 alpha2 +============================ + +Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being +developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in +this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used +by Windows 2000 and above. + +Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in +production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file, +which aims to document what should and should not work. + +Samba4 alpha2 follows on from our first alpha release, made in +September, and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some +time now. + +WARNINGS +======== + +Samba4 alpha2 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference +to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a +statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad +deployment yet. If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to +Samba4, you would find many things work, but that other key features +you may have relied on simply are not there yet. + +For example, while Samba 3.0 is an excellent member of a Active +Directory domain, Samba4 is happier as a domain controller: (This is +where we have done most of the research and development). + +While Samba4 is subjected to an awesome battery of tests on an +automated basis, and we have found Samba4 to be very stable in it's +behaviour, we have to recommend against upgrading production servers +from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at this stage. If you are upgrading an +experimental server, or looking to develop and test Samba, you should +backup all configuration and data. + +NEW FEATURES +============ + +Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment +used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join +and domain logon operations with these clients. + +Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in +LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) as well as the +Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate +the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we +issue. + +The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the filesystem on the server to +match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match +windows behaviour and application expectations. This includes file +annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The +VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite. + +A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing +Python programs to interface to Samba's internals. + +The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that +can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports +standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are +working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend. +We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large +directories. + +CHANGES SINCE Alpha 1 +===================== + +In the time since Samba4 Alpha1 was released in September 2007, Samba has +continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas: + + MMC Support: The Active Directory Users and Computers console now + handles group membership correctly. + + member/memberOf: These and other linked attributes are now kept in + sync + + subtree renames: Renaming a subtree of LDAP objects is now possible, + with all linked attributes being kept consistent. + + Python Bindings: Bindings for a future move to Python as the + internal scripting language have been created. + + Shared library use: In support of projects such as OpenChange, + which depend on Samba4, more of Samba4 is built as shared libraries. + +These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past few +months. More details can be found in our SVN history. + + +CHANGES +======= + +Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes +since that release series in the NEWS file. + +KNOWN ISSUES +============ + +- Domain member support is in it's infancy, and is not comparable to + the support found in Samba3. + +- There is no printing support in the current release. + +- The Samba4 port of the CTDB clustering support is not yet complete + +- Clock Synchronisation is critical. Many 'wrong password' errors are + actually due to Kerberos objecting to a clock skew between client + and server. + +RUNNING Samba4 +============== + +A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file +in root of the tarball, and in the wiki at: +http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO. + +======================== +Development and Feedback +======================== +Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/ but please be aware +that many features are simply not expected to work at this stage. + +The Samba Wiki at http://wiki.samba.org should detail some of these +development plans. + +Development and general discussion about Samba 4 happens mainly on +the #samba-technical IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and +the samba-technical mailing list (see http://lists.samba.org/ for +details). +</pre> +</body> +</html> Added: trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html =================================================================== --- trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html 2007-12-14 12:18:11 UTC (rev 1163) +++ trunk/news/releases/4.0.0alpha2.html 2007-12-20 00:26:05 UTC (rev 1164) @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + <h3><a name="4.0.0alpha2">Samba 4.0.0alpha2 Available for Download</a></h3> + + <div class="article"> + + <p>Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being + developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in + this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used + by Windows 2000 and above.</p> + + <p>Samba 4 is currently <b>not</b> yet in a state where it is usable in + production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file, + which aims to document what should and should not work.</p> + + <p>Samba4 alpha2 follows on from our first alpha release, made in + September, and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some + time now. </p> + + <p>The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed + using Andrews GnuPG key (ID 28B436BB). The source code can be + <a href="/samba/ftp/samba4/">downloaded now</a>. See the + <a href="/samba/history/samba-4.0.0alpha2.html">release notes</a> + for more information.</p> + </div> + +