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"Our visions begin with our desires."
Audre Lorde
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Release Announcements
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This is the latest stable release of Samba 4.2.
Changes since 4.2.1:
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o Michael Adam <obnox at samba.org>
* BUG 11182: s3:smbXsrv: refactor duplicate code into
smbXsrv_session_clear_and_logoff().
* BUG 11260: gencache: don't fail gencache_stabilize if there were
records
to delete.
o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 11186: s3: libsmbclient: After getting attribute server, ensure main
srv pointer is still valid.
* BUG 11236: s4: rpc: Refactor dcesrv_alter() function into setup and send
steps.
* BUG 11240: s3: smbd: Incorrect file size returned in the response of
"FILE_SUPERSEDE Create".
* BUG 11249: Mangled names do not work with acl_xattr.
* BUG 11254: nmbd rewrites browse.dat when not required.
o Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org>
* BUG 11213: vfs_fruit: add option "nfs_aces" that controls the
NFS ACEs
stuff.
* BUG 11224: s3:smbd: Add missing tevent_req_nterror.
* BUG 11243: vfs: kernel_flock and named streams.
* BUG 11244: vfs_gpfs: Error code path doesn't call END_PROFILE.
o Alexander Bokovoy <ab at samba.org>
* BUG 11284: s4: libcli/finddcs_cldap: continue processing CLDAP until all
addresses are used.
o David Disseldorp <ddiss at samba.org>
* BUG 11201: ctdb: check for talloc_asprintf() failure.:w
* BUG 11210: spoolss: purge the printer name cache on name change.
o Amitay Isaacs <amitay at gmail.com>
* BUG 11204: CTDB statd-callout does not scale.
o Bj?rn Jacke <bj at sernet.de>
* BUG 11221: vfs_fruit: also map characters below 0x20.
o Rajesh Joseph <rjoseph at redhat.com>
* BUG 11201: ctdb: Coverity fix for CID 1291643.
o Julien Kerihuel <j.kerihuel at openchange.org>
* BUG 11225: Multiplexed RPC connections are not handled by DCERPC server.
* BUG 11226: Fix terminate connection behavior for asynchronous endpoint
with PUSH notification flavors.
o Led <ledest at gmail.com>
* BUG 11007: ctdb-scripts: Fix bashism in ctdbd_wrapper script.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 11201: ctdb: Fix CIDs 1125615, 1125634, 1125613, 1288201 and 1125553.
* BUG 11257: SMB2 should cancel pending NOTIFY calls with DELETE_PENDING if
the directory is deleted.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 11141: s3:winbindd: make sure we remove pending io requests before
closing client sockets.
* BUG 11182: Fix panic triggered by smbd_smb2_request_notify_done() ->
smbXsrv_session_find_channel() in smbd.
o Christof Schmitt <cs at samba.org>
* BUG 11237: 'sharesec' output no longer matches input format.
o Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
* BUG 11200: waf: Fix systemd detection.
o Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin.net>
* BUG 11202: CTDB: Fix portability issues.
* BUG 11203: CTDB: Fix some IPv6-related issues.
* BUG 11204: CTDB statd-callout does not scale.
o Richard Sharpe <rsharpe at nutanix.com>
* BUG 11234: 'net ads dns gethostbyname' crashes with an error in
TALLOC_FREE
if you enter invalid values.
o Uri Simchoni <urisimchoni at gmail.com>
* BUG 11267: libads: record service ticket endtime for sealed ldap
connections.
o Lukas Slebodnik <lslebodn at redhat.com>
* BUG 11033: lib/util: Include DEBUG macro in internal header files before
samba_util.h.
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the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
be filed under the Samba 4.2 product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
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