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"If evolution really works, how come
mothers only have two hands?"
Milton Berle
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Release Announcements
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This is the last bugfix release of Samba 4.2. Please note that there
will be security releases only beyond this point!
This release fixes some regressions introduced by the last security
fixes. Please see bug https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11849
for a list of bugs addressing these regressions and more information.
Changes since 4.2.11:
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o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 10489: s3: smbd: posix_acls: Fix check for setting u:g:o entry on a
filesystem with no ACL support.
* BUG 11703: s3: smbd: Fix timestamp rounding inside SMB2 create.
* BUG 11742: lib: tevent: Fix memory leak when old signal action
restored.
* BUG 11771: lib: tevent: Fix memory leak when old signal action
restored.
o Christian Ambach <ambi at samba.org>
* BUG 6482: s3:utils/smbget: Fix recursive download.
o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
* BUG 11780: smbd: Only check dev/inode in open_directory, not the full
stat().
* BUG 11789: build: Mark explicit dependencies on pytalloc-util.
o Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org>
* BUG 11714: lib/tsocket: Work around sockets not supporting FIONREAD.
o Günther Deschner <gd at samba.org>
* BUG 11789: libsmb/pysmb: add pytalloc-util dependency to fix the build.
o Berend De Schouwer <berend.de.schouwer at gmail.com>
* BUG 11643: docs: Add example for domain logins to smbspool man page.
o Nathan Huff <nhuff at acm.org>
* BUG 11771: Fix ETIME handling for Solaris event ports.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 11732: param: Fix str_list_v3 to accept ";" again.
* BUG 11816: nwrap: Fix the build on Solaris.
* BUG 11827: Fix memleak.
o Justin Maggard <jmaggard10 at gmail.com>
* BUG 11773: s3:smbd: Add negprot remote arch detection for OSX.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 11742: tevent: version 0.9.28. Fix memory leak when old signal
action
restored.
* BUG 11789: s3:wscript: pylibsmb depends on pycredentials.
* BUG 11841: Fix NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED when accessing Windows
public share.
* BUG 11847: Only validate MIC if "map to guest" is not being used.
* BUG 11849: auth/ntlmssp: Add ntlmssp_{client,server}:force_old_spnego
option for testing.
* BUG 11850: NetAPP SMB servers don't negotiate NTLMSSP_SIGN.
* BUG 11858: Allow anonymous smb connections.
* BUG 11870: Fix ads_sasl_spnego_gensec_bind(KRB5).
* BUG 11872: Fix 'wbinfo -u' and 'net ads search'.
o Jose A. Rivera <jarrpa at samba.org>
* BUG 11727: s3:smbd:open: Skip redundant call to file_set_dosmode
when creating a new file.
o Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
* BUG 11690: docs: Add smbspool_krb5_wrapper manpage.
o Jorge Schrauwen <sjorge at blackdot.be>
* BUG 11816: configure: Don't check for inotify on illumos.
o Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin.net>
* BUG 11719: ctdb-scripts: Drop use of "smbcontrol winbindd
ip-dropped ...".
o Uri Simchoni <uri at samba.org>
* BUG 11852: libads: Record session expiry for spnego sasl binds.
o Hemanth Thummala <hemanth.thummala at nutanix.com>
* BUG 11708: loadparm: Fix memory leak issue.
* BUG 11740: Real memory leak(buildup) issue in loadparm.
o Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at jelmer.uk>
* BUG 11771: tevent: Only set public headers field when installing
as a public library.
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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
be filed under the Samba 4.1 or later product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
======================================================================= Our
Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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===============Download Details
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The release notes are available online at:
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--Enjoy
The Samba Team
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Release Manager Samba Team https://samba.org
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