Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:53:12 -0400 From: madodel Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: Samba 3.0.25rc1 Available for Download ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, As per the below announcement, Samba 3.0.25rc1 has been released. An OS/2 & eComstation build is available from http://svn.netlabs.org/samba Enjoy! Paul. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Samba 3.0.25rc1 Available for Download Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:10:40 -0500 From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter To: samba-announceDESPAM at DESPAMsamba.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================== Port 80 is the new HTTP. -- Jeremy Allison on Web Services ============================================================== Release Announcements ===================== This is the first release candidate of the Samba 3.0.25 code base and is provided for testing only. An RC release means that we are close to the final release but the code may still have a few remaining minor bugs. This release is *not* intended for production servers. There has been a substantial amount of development since the 3.0.23/3.0.24 series of stable releases. We would like to ask the Samba community for help in testing these changes as we work towards the next significant production upgrade Samba 3.0 release. Major features included in the 3.0.25 code base include: o Significant improvements in the winbind off-line logon support. o Support for secure DDNS updates as part of the 'net ads join' process. o Rewritten IdMap interface which allows for TTL based caching and per domain backends. o New plug-in interface for the "winbind nss info" parameter. o New file change notify subsystem which is able to make use of inotify on Linux. o Support for passing Windows security descriptors to a VFS plug-in allowing for multiple Unix ACL implements to running side by side on the Same server. o Improved compatibility with Windows Vista clients including improved read performance with Linux servers. o Man pages for VFS plug-ins. Off-line Logons and AD Site Support =================================== Winbind's capability to support offline logons has been greatly improved with the 3.0.25 release including support for locating domain controllers asynchronously using Active Directory Site information. New IdMap Interface for Winbindd ================================ The 3.0.25 release of Samba will include a rewritten IdMap interface for winbindd which replaces the "idmap backend" parameter. The initial design document may be found at http://www.samba.org/~idra/samba3_newidmap.pdf Please refer to the "idmap domains" description in the smb.conf(5) man page for more details. Dynamic DNS Updates =================== The "net ads join" command is now able to register the host's DNS A records with Windows 2000 SP4 and 2003 DNS servers. This feature must be enabled at compile time using the --with-dnsupdate when running the ./configure script. There is also a related "net ads dns" command for refreshing a host's records which could be launched from a dhcp client script when a new IP address is obtained. Support for Additional ACL Modules ================================== Samba's POSIX ACL support has been moved inside of the VFS layer which means it is now possible to support multiple ACL implementations on the same server including NFSv4 and GPFS ACLs. VFS ReadAhead Plugin ==================== Windows Vista introduces pipe-lined read support for improved performance when transferring files. The new vfs_readahead plugin allows Linux file servers to utilize additional Kernel buffers for caching files in order to avoid Disk I/O wait time when serving Vista clients. If you experience poor read performance between Linux servers and Vista clients, please test the vfs_readahead module by adding the following lines to the share definition in smb.conf: [file_share] vfs objects = readahead Note that this plugin will result in additional RAM requirements due to the increased amount of kernel buffer caches used by smbd. Please refer to vfs_readahead(8) for more information. ================ Download Details ================ The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded from: http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/rc/ The release notes are available online at: http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-0-25rc1.txt Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis from http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/ Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. (https://bugzilla.samba.org/) --Enjoy The Samba Team -- Warpstock 2007 - Where? http://www.warpstock.org Warpstock Europe - http://www.warpstock.net [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. 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