We have just uploaded the second technology preview of Samba 4. 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 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 the second Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing users, managers and developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite feedback and support. Please read the file NEWS for a list of differences with the Samba 3.0.0 release series and the file WHATSNEW.txt for a list of changes since the last technology preview. ===============Download Details =============== The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed with the Samba Release Key (ID 157BC95E). The source code can be downloaded from: http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba4/ The release notes are available online at: http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.0tp2.html There are currently no binary packages available. Debian packages will be uploaded to the experimental distribution later this week. No packages for other distributions have been planned yet. Users are encouraged to report the issues they encounter. See the README file for details. Enjoy, The Samba 4 developers. -- Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> -- http://jelmer.vernstok.nl/
We have just uploaded the second technology preview of Samba 4. 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 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 the second Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing users, managers and developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite feedback and support. Please read the file NEWS for a list of differences with the Samba 3.0.0 release series and the file WHATSNEW.txt for a list of changes since the last technology preview. ===============Download Details =============== The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed with the Samba Release Key (ID 157BC95E). The source code can be downloaded from: http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba4/ The release notes are available online at: http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.0tp2.html There are currently no binary packages available. Debian packages will be uploaded to the experimental distribution later this week. No packages for other distributions have been planned yet. Users are encouraged to report the issues they encounter. See the README file for details. Enjoy, The Samba 4 developers. -- Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> -- http://jelmer.vernstok.nl/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 191 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-announce/attachments/20060322/a2c6ebce/attachment.bin