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==Samba 4.14rc1==
==Samba 4.14rc2==
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:January 22, 2021
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===Release Announcements===
===Release Announcements===


This is the first release candidate of Samba 4.14. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
This is the second release candidate of Samba 4.14. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.


Samba 4.14 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
Samba 4.14 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
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server smb encrypt New default
server smb encrypt New default
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===CHANGES SINCE 4.14.0rc1===
* Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
:* [https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13992 BUG #13992]: Fix SAMBA RPC share error.
* Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
:* [https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14602 BUG #14602]: "winbind:ignore domains" doesn't prevent user login from trusted domain.
:* [https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14617 BUG #14617]: smbd tries to delete files with wrong permissions (uses guest instead of user from force user =).
* Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
:* [https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14539 BUG #14539]: s3:idmap_hash: Reliably return ID_TYPE_BOTH.
* Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
:* [https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14627 BUG #14627]: s3:smbd: Fix invalid memory access in posix_sys_acl_blob_get_fd().


===KNOWN ISSUES===
===KNOWN ISSUES===
[[Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.14#Release_blocking_bugs]]

[https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.14.0rc2.WHATSNEW.txt Release Notes Samba 4.14.0rc2].


https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.14#Release_blocking_bugs
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Revision as of 08:29, 8 February 2021

Samba 4.14rc2

Release Notes for Samba 4.14rc2
February 4, 2021

Release Announcements

This is the second release candidate of Samba 4.14. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.

Samba 4.14 will be the next version of the Samba suite.

UPGRADING

New GPG key

The GPG release key for Samba releases changed from:

pub   dsa1024/6F33915B6568B7EA 2007-02-04 [SC] [expires: 2021-02-05]
      Key fingerprint = 52FB C0B8 6D95 4B08 4332  4CDC 6F33 915B 6568 B7EA
uid                 [  full  ] Samba Distribution Verification Key <samba-bugs@samba.org>
sub   elg2048/9C6ED163DA6DFB44 2007-02-04 [E] [expires: 2021-02-05]

to the following new key:

pub   rsa4096/AA99442FB680B620 2020-12-21 [SC] [expires: 2022-12-21]
      Key fingerprint = 81F5 E283 2BD2 545A 1897  B713 AA99 442F B680 B620
uid                 [ultimate] Samba Distribution Verification Key <samba-bugs@samba.org>
sub   rsa4096/97EF9386FBFD4002 2020-12-21 [E] [expires: 2022-12-21]
 

Starting from Jan 21th 2021, all Samba releases will be signed with the new key.

See also GPG_AA99442FB680B620_replaces_6F33915B6568B7EA.txt

NEW FEATURES/CHANGES

Here is a copy of a clarification note added to the Samba code in the file: VFS-License-clarification.txt.

A clarification of our GNU GPL License enforcement boundary within the Samba
Virtual File System (VFS) layer.

Samba is licensed under the GNU GPL. All code committed to the Samba
project or that creates a "modified version" or software "based on" Samba must
be either licensed under the GNU GPL or a compatible license.

Samba has several plug-in interfaces where external code may be called
from Samba GNU GPL licensed code. The most important of these is the
Samba VFS layer.

Samba VFS modules are intimately connected by header files and API
definitions to the part of the Samba code that provides file services,
and as such, code that implements a plug-in Samba VFS module must be
licensed under the GNU GPL or a compatible license.
However, Samba VFS modules may themselves call third-party external
libraries that are not part of the Samba project and are externally
developed and maintained.

As long as these third-party external libraries do not use any of the
Samba internal structure, APIs or interface definitions created by the
Samba project (to the extent that they would be considered subject to the GNU
GPL), then the Samba Team will not consider such third-party external
libraries called from Samba VFS modules as "based on" and/or creating a
"modified version" of the Samba code for the purposes of GNU GPL.
Accordingly, we do not require such libraries be licensed under the GNU GPL
or a GNU GPL compatible license.

VFS

The effort to modernize Samba's VFS interface has reached a major milestone with the next release Samba 4.14.

For details please refer to the documentation at source3/modules/The_New_VFS.txt or visit the The_New_VFS.

Printing

Publishing printers in AD is more reliable and more printer features are added to the published information in AD. Samba now also supports Windows drivers for the ARM64 architecture.

Client Group Policy

This release extends Samba to support Group Policy functionality for Winbind clients. Active Directory Administrators can set policies that apply Sudoers configuration, and cron jobs to run hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.

To enable the application of Group Policies on a client, set the global smb.conf option 'apply group policies' to 'yes'. Policies are applied on an interval of every 90 minutes, plus a random offset between 0 and 30 minutes.

Policies applied by Samba are 'non-tattooing', meaning that changes can be reverted by executing the `samba-gpupdate --unapply` command. Policies can be re-applied using the `samba-gpupdate --force` command. To view what policies have been or will be applied to a system, use the `samba-gpupdate --rsop` command.

Administration of Samba policy requires that a Samba ADMX template be uploaded to the SYSVOL share. The samba-tool command `samba-tool gpo admxload` is provided as a convenient method for adding this policy. Once uploaded, policies can be modified in the Group Policy Management Editor under Computer Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates. Alternatively, Samba policy may be managed using the `samba-tool gpo manage` command. This tool does not require the admx templates to be installed.


Python 3.6 or later required

Samba's minimum runtime requirement for python was raised to Python 3.6 with samba 4.13. Samba 4.14 raises this minimum version to Python 3.6 also to build Samba. It is no longer possible to build Samba (even just the file server) with Python versions 2.6 and 2.7.

As Python 2.7 has been End Of Life upstream since April 2020, Samba is dropping ALL Python 2.x support in this release.

NT4-like 'classic' Samba domain controllers

Samba 4.13 deprecates Samba's original domain controller mode.

Sites using Samba as a Domain Controller should upgrade from the NT4-like 'classic' Domain Controller to a Samba Active Directory DC to ensure full operation with modern windows clients.

SMBv1 only protocol options deprecated

A number of smb.conf parameters for less-secure authentication methods which are only possible over SMBv1 are deprecated in this release.

Miscellaneous samba-tool changes

The samba-tool commands to manage AD objects (e.g. users, computers and groups) now consistently use the "add" command when adding a new object to the AD. The previous deprecation warnings when using the "add" commands have been removed. For compatibility reasons, both the "add" and "create" commands can be used now.

Users, groups and contacts can now be renamed with the respective rename commands.

Locked users can be unlocked with the new "samba-tool user unlock" command.

The "samba-tool user list" and "samba-tool group listmembers" commands provide additional options to hide expired and disabled user accounts (--hide-expired and --hide-disabled).


CTDB CHANGES

  • The NAT gateway and LVS features now uses the term "leader" to refer to the main node in a group through which traffic is routed and "follower" for other members of a group. The command for determining the leader has changed to "ctdb natgw leader" (from "ctdb natgw master"). The configuration keyword for indicating that a node can not be the leader of a group has changed to "follower-only" (from "slave-only"). Identical changes were made for LVS.
  • Remove "ctdb isnotrecmaster" command. It isn't used by CTDB's scripts and can be checked by users with "ctdb pnn" and "ctdb recmaster".


REMOVED FEATURES

The deprecated "ldap ssl ads" smb.conf option has been removed.

smb.conf changes

 Parameter Name                     Description                Default
 --------------                     -----------                -------
 smb encrypt                        Removed
 ldap ssl ads                       Removed
 client plaintext auth              Deprecated                 no
 client NTLMv2 auth                 Deprecated                 yes
 client lanman auth                 Deprecated                 no
 client use spnego                  Deprecated                 yes
 domain logons                      Deprecated                 no
 raw NTLMv2 auth                    Deprecated                 no
 async dns timeout                  New                        10
 client smb encrypt                 New                        default
 honor change notify privilege      New                        No
 smbd force process locks           New                        No
 server smb encrypt                 New                        default


CHANGES SINCE 4.14.0rc1

  • Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
  • Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
  • BUG #14602: "winbind:ignore domains" doesn't prevent user login from trusted domain.
  • BUG #14617: smbd tries to delete files with wrong permissions (uses guest instead of user from force user =).
  • Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
  • BUG #14539: s3:idmap_hash: Reliably return ID_TYPE_BOTH.
  • Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
  • BUG #14627: s3:smbd: Fix invalid memory access in posix_sys_acl_blob_get_fd().

KNOWN ISSUES

Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.14#Release_blocking_bugs

 Release Notes Samba 4.14.0rc2.