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==New features by version==
==New features in Samba by the different versions==
===3.0.23{a,b}===
* New "createupn" option to "net ads join"
* Rewritten Kerberos keytab generation when 'use kerberos keytab = yes'
* Improved 'make test'
* New offline mode in winbindd
* New Kerberos support for pam_winbind.so
* New handling of unmapped users and groups
* New non-root share management tools
* Improved support for local and BUILTIN groups
* Winbind IDMAP integration with RFC2307 schema objects supported by Windows 2003 R2
* Rewritten 'net ads join' to mimic Windows XP without requiring administrative rights to join a domain


This page is a new try to collect the important information from the changelog in on page.
===3.0.21{a,b,c}===
* all information in one page
* Complete NTLMv2 support by consolidating authentication mechanism used at the CIFS and RPC layers.
* searchable in the wiki
* The capability to manage Unix services using the Win32 Service Control API.
* direct access to the bugzilla
* The capability to view external Unix log files via the Microsoft Event Viewer.
* New libmsrpc share library for application developers.
* Rewrite of CIFS oplock implementation.
* Performance Counter external daemon.
* Winbindd auto-detection query methods when communicating with a domain controller.
* The ability to enumerate long share names in libsmbclient applications.
===3.0.20{a,b}===
* Support for several new Win32 rpc pipes.
* Improved support for OS/2 clients.
* New 'net rpc service' tool for managing Win32 services.
* Capability to set the owner on new files and directory based on the parent's ownership.
* Experimental, asynchronous IO file serving support.
* Completed Support for Microsoft Print Migrator.
* New Winbind IDmap plugin (ad) for retrieving uid and gid from AD servers which maintain the SFU user and group attributes.
* Rewritten support for POSIX pathnames when utilizing the Linux CIFS fs client.
* New asynchronous winbindd.
* Support for Microsoft Print Migrator.
* New Windows NT registry file I/O library.
* New user right (SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege) added.
* New "net share migrate" options.


===[[Samba 4.15 Features added/changed]]===
===3.0.14a===
===[[Samba 4.14 Features added/changed]]===
Release 3.0.14a is a pure bugfix release which fixed a "show stopper".
===[[Samba 4.13 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.12 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.11 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.10 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.9 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.8 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.7 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.6 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.5 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.4 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.3 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.2 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.1 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 4.0 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 3.6 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 3.5 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 3.4 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 3.3 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 3.2 Features added/changed]]===
===[[Samba 3.0 Features added/changed]]===


==New features in Samba in a summary page==
<b>Please note, the release policy has changed at this point.</b>


===[[Samba Features added/changed]]===
===3.0.14===
===3.0.13===
===3.0.12===
* Performance enhancements when serving directories containing large number of files.
* MS-DFS support added to smbclient.
* More performance improvements when using Samba/OpenLDAP based DC's via the 'ldapsam:trusted=yes' option.
* Support for the Novell NDS universal password when using the ldapsam passdb backend.
* New 'net rpc trustdom {add,del}' functionality to eventually replace 'smbpasswd {-a,-x} -i'.
* New libsmbclient functionality.


===3.0.11===
* Winbindd performance improvements.
* More 'net rpc vampire' functionality.
* Support for the Windows privilege model to assign rights to specific SIDs.
* New administrative options to the 'net rpc' command.


===3.0.10===
Release 3.0.10 is a fix for security issues described in CAN-2004-1154.
===3.0.9===
Release 3.0.9 is a pure bigfix release which fixes printing problems from Windows 9x, roaming profile updates and unknown symbols for kde





==Changes in smb.conf==
===3.0.23{a,b}===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Parameter Name
!Description
!Default
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#ACLGROUPCONTROL acl group control]
|Deprecated
|No
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#ADDPORTCOMMAND add port command]
|New
|""
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#CHANGENOTIFYTIMEOUT change notify timeout]
|Changed Scope
|""
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#DMAPISUPPORT dmapi support]
|New
|No
|-
|dos filemode
|Modified
|No
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#ENABLEASUSUPPORT enable asu support]
|Changed default
|No
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#ENABLECOREFILES enable core files]
|New
|Yes
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#ENABLEPRIVILEGES enable privileges]
|Changed default
|Yes
|-
|enable rid algorithm
|Removed
|""
|-
|fam change notify
|New
|Yes
|-
|hosts equiv
|Removed
|""
|-
|host msdfs
|Changed default
|Yes
|-
|[http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#MSDFSROOT msdfs root]
|Changed default
|Yes
|-
|open files database hash size
|New
|10007
|-
|passdb expand explicit
|Changed default
|No
|-
|strict locking
|Changed default
|auto
|-
|usershare allow guests
|New
|No
|-
|usershare max shares
|New
|0
|-
|usershare owner only
|New
|Yes
|-
|usershare path
|New
|${lockdir}
|-
|usershare prefix allow list
|New
|""
|-
|usershare prefix deny list
|New
|""
|-
|usershare template share
|New
|""
|-
|winbind enum users
|Changed default
|No
|-
|winbind enum groups
|Changed default
|No
|-
|winbind nested groups
|Changed default
|Yes
|-
|winbind offline logon
|New
|No
|-
|winbind refresh tickets
|New
|No
|-
|winbind max idle children
|Removed
|""
|-
|wins partners
|Removed
|""
|}

===3.0.21{a,b,c}===
* dfree cache time (New)
* dfree command (Per share)
* eventlog list (New)
* iprint server (New)
* map read only (New)
* passdb expand explicit (New)
* rename user script (New)
* reset on zero vc (New)
* svcctl list (Renamed from 'enable svcctl')

===3.0.20{a,b}===
* acl check permissions (New)
* acl group control (New)
* acl map full control (New)
* aio read size (New)
* aio write size (New)
* enable asu support (New)
* inherit owner (New)
* ldap filter (Removed)
* map to guest (Modified (new value added))
* max stat cache size (New)
* min password length (Removed)
* printer admin (Deprecated)
* username map script (New)
* winbind enable local accounts (Removed)
* winbindd nss info (New)
===3.0.14===
* dos filetimes (Enabled by default)
===3.0.13===
===3.0.12===
* allocation roundup size (New)
* log nt token command (New)
* write cache (Deprecated)
===3.0.11===
* afs token lifetime (New)
* enable privileges (New)
* ldap password sync (Alias)
* min password length (Deprecated)
* winbind enable local accounts (Deprecated)
===3.0.10===
===3.0.9===




==Bugfixes by version==
==Upgrade issues by version==
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[[Category:Category Documentation]]
[[Category:Release Notes]]

Revision as of 14:08, 17 July 2021

New features in Samba by the different versions

This page is a new try to collect the important information from the changelog in on page.

  • all information in one page
  • searchable in the wiki
  • direct access to the bugzilla

Samba 4.15 Features added/changed

Samba 4.14 Features added/changed

Samba 4.13 Features added/changed

Samba 4.12 Features added/changed

Samba 4.11 Features added/changed

Samba 4.10 Features added/changed

Samba 4.9 Features added/changed

Samba 4.8 Features added/changed

Samba 4.7 Features added/changed

Samba 4.6 Features added/changed

Samba 4.5 Features added/changed

Samba 4.4 Features added/changed

Samba 4.3 Features added/changed

Samba 4.2 Features added/changed

Samba 4.1 Features added/changed

Samba 4.0 Features added/changed

Samba 3.6 Features added/changed

Samba 3.5 Features added/changed

Samba 3.4 Features added/changed

Samba 3.3 Features added/changed

Samba 3.2 Features added/changed

Samba 3.0 Features added/changed

New features in Samba in a summary page

Samba Features added/changed