Author: jelmer Date: 2006-03-22 18:04:18 +0000 (Wed, 22 Mar 2006) New Revision: 932
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=932 Log: Add page on Samba 4 TP 2 Added: trunk/history/samba-4.0.0tp2.html Changeset: Added: trunk/history/samba-4.0.0tp2.html =================================================================== --- trunk/history/samba-4.0.0tp2.html 2006-03-17 20:06:18 UTC (rev 931) +++ trunk/history/samba-4.0.0tp2.html 2006-03-22 18:04:18 UTC (rev 932) @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +<!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 4.0.0TP2 Available for Download</H2> + +<p> +<pre> +ABOUT SAMBA 4 AND THE TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW +======================================== + +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. + +With 3 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed +a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which +eventually lead to our Active Directory efforts), it was felt that we +should create something we could 'show off' to our users. This is a +Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing users, managers and +developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite feedback and +support. + +WARNINGS +======== + +Samba4 TP is currently a pre-alpha technology. It may eat your cat, but +is far more likely to choose to munch on your password database. We +recommend against upgrading any production servers from Samba 3 to +Samba 4 at this stage. If you are upgrading an experimental server, +you should backup all configuration and data. + +We expect that format changes will require that the user database be +rebuilt from scratch a number of times before we make a final release, +losing password data each time. + +Samba 4 Technology Preview includes basic Access Control List (ACL) +protection on the main user database, but due to time constraints, +none on the registry at this stage. We also do not currently have +ACLs on the SWAT web-based management tool. This means that Samba 4 +Technology Preview is not secure. + +File system access should occur as the logged in user, much as Samba3 +does. + +Again, we strongly recommend against use in a production environment +at this stage. + +CHANGES +======= + +Those familiar with Samba 3 can find a list of user-visible changes +since that release series in the NEWS file. + +A list of changes since the previous Samba 4 Technology Preview +can be found in the WHATSNEW.txt file. + +KNOWN ISSUES +============ + +- Standalone server and domain member roles are not currently + supported. While we have much of the infrastructure required, we + have not collected these pieces together. + +- There is no printing support in the current release. + +- SWAT can be painful with <TAB> and forms. Just use the mouse, as + the JavaScript layer doing this will change. + +RUNNING Samba4 +============== + +A short guide to setting up Samba 4 can be found in the howto.txt file +in root of the tarball. + +DEVELOPMENT and FEEDBACK +======================== +Bugs can be filed at https://bugzilla.samba.org/. Please +look at the STATUS file before filing a bug to see if a particular +is supposed to work yet. + +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>
