Karolin Seeger
2017-Feb-14 12:41 UTC
[Samba] [Announce] Samba 4.6.0rc3 Available for Download
Release Announcements
====================
This is the third release candidate of Samba 4.6. 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 4.6 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
========
vfs_fruit option "fruit:resource" spelling correction
-----------------------------------------------------
Due to a spelling error in the vfs_fruit option parsing for the
"fruit:resource"
option, users who have set this option in their smb.conf were still using the
default setting "fruit:resource = file" as the parser was looking for
the string
"fruit:ressource" (two "s").
After upgrading to this Samba version 4.6, you MUST either remove the option
from your smb.conf or set it to the default "fruit:resource = file",
otherwise
your macOS clients will not be able to access the resource fork data.
This version Samba 4.6 accepts both the correct and incorrect spelling, but the
next Samba version 4.7 will not accept the wrong spelling.
Users who were using the wrong spelling "ressource" with two
"s" can keep the
setting, but are advised to switch to the correct spelling.
ID Mapping
----------
We discovered that the majority of users have an invalid or incorrect
ID mapping configuration. We implemented checks in the 'testparm' tool
to
validate the ID mapping configuration. You should run it and check if it prints
any warnings or errors after upgrading! If it does you should fix them. See the
'IDENTITY MAPPING CONSIDERATIONS' section in the smb.conf manpage.
There are some ID mapping backends which are not allowed to be used for the
default backend. Winbind will no longer start if an invalid backend is
configured as the default backend.
To avoid problems in future we advise all users to run 'testparm' after
changing the smb.conf file!
NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
===================
Kerberos client encryption types
--------------------------------
Some parts of Samba (most notably winbindd) perform Kerberos client
operations based on a Samba-generated krb5.conf file. A new
parameter, "kerberos encryption types" allows configuring the
encryption types set in this file, thereby allowing the user to
enforce strong or legacy encryption in Kerberos exchanges.
The default value of "all" is compatible with previous behavior,
allowing
all encryption algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to
"strong"
only allows AES-based algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to
"legacy" allows only RC4-HMAC-MD5 - the legacy algorithm for Active
Directory.
This can solves some corner cases of mixed environments with Server 2003R2 and
newer DCs.
Printing
--------
Support for uploading printer drivers from newer Windows clients (Windows 10)
has been added until our implementation of [MS-PAR] protocol is ready.
Several issues with uploading different printing drivers have been addressed.
The OS Version for the printing server has been increased to announce
Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. If a driver needs a newer version then you should
check the smb.conf manpage for details.
new option for owner inheritance
--------------------------------
The "inherit owner" smb.conf parameter instructs smbd to set the
owner of files to be the same as the parent directory's owner.
Up until now, this parameter could be set to "yes" or "no".
A new option, "unix only", enables this feature only for the UNIX
owner
of the file, not affecting the SID owner in the Windows NT ACL of the
file. This can be used to emulate something very similar to folder quotas.
Multi-process Netlogon support
------------------------------
The Netlogon server in the Samba AD DC can now run as multiple
processes. The Netlogon server is a part of the AD DC that handles
NTLM authentication on behalf of domain members, including file
servers, NTLM-authenticated web servers and 802.1x gateways. The
previous restriction to running as a single process has been removed,
and it will now run in the same process model as the rest of the
'samba' binary.
As part of this change, the NETLOGON service will now run on a distinct
TCP port, rather than being shared with all other RPC services (LSA,
SAMR, DRSUAPI etc).
new options for controlling TCP ports used for RPC services
-----------------------------------------------------------
The new 'rpc server port' option controls the default port used for
RPC services other than Netlogon. The Netlogon server honours instead
the 'rpc server port:netlogon' option. The default value for both
these options is the first available port including or after 1024.
Improve AD performance and replication improvements
---------------------------------------------------
Samba's LDB and replication code continues to improve, particularly in
respect to the handling of large numbers of linked attributes. We now
respect an 'uptodateness vector' which will dramatically reduce the
over-replication of links from new DCs. We have also made the parsing
of on-disk linked attributes much more efficient.
DNS improvements
----------------
The samba-tool dns subcommand is now much more robust and can delete
records in a number of situations where it was not possible to do so
in the past.
On the server side, DNS names are now more strictly validated.
CTDB changes
------------
* "ctdb event" is a new top-level command for interacting with event
scripts
"ctdb event status" replaces "ctdb scriptstatus" - the
latter is
maintained for backward compatibility but the output format has been
cleaned up
"ctdb event run" replaces "ctdb eventscript"
"ctdb event script enable" replaces "ctdb enablescript"
"ctdb event script disable" replaces "ctdb disablescript"
The new command "ctdb event script list" lists event scripts.
* CTDB's back-end for running event scripts has been replaced by a
separate, long-running daemon ctdbd_eventd.
* Running ctdb interactively will log to stderr
* CTDB logs now include process id for each process
* CTDB tags log messages differently. Changes include:
ctdb-recoverd: Messages from CTDB's recovery daemon
ctdb-recovery: Messages from CTDB database recovery
ctdb-eventd: Messages from CTDB's event daemon
ctdb-takeover: Messgaes from CTDB's public IP takeover subsystem
* The mapping between symbolic and numeric debug levels has changed
Configurations containing numeric debug levels should be updated.
Symbolic debug levels are recommended. See the DEBUG LEVEL section
of ctdb(7) for details.
* Tunable IPAllocAlgorithm replaces LCP2PublicIPs, DeterministicIPs
See ctdb-tunables(7) for details
* CTDB's configuration tunables should be consistently set across a cluster
This has always been the cases for most tunables but this fact is
now documented.
* CTDB ships with recovery lock helper call-outs for etcd and Ceph RADOS
To build/install these, use the --enable-etcd-reclock and
--enable-ceph-reclock configure options.
winbind changes
---------------
4.6 winbind simplifies the calculation of supplementary groups to make
it more reliable and predictable. Before 4.6, winbind contained code
that tried to emulate the group membership calculation that domain
controllers do when a user logs in. This group membership calculation
is a very complex process, in particular for domain trust relationship
situations. Also, in many scenarios it is impossible for winbind to
correctly do this calculation due to access restrictions in the
domains: winbind using its machine account simply does not have the
rights to ask for an arbitrary user's group memberships.
When a user logs in to a Samba server, the domain controller correctly
calculates the user's group memberships authoritatively and makes the
information available to the Samba server. This is the only reliable
way Samba can get informed about the groups a user is member of.
Because of its flakiness, the fallback group membership code was
removed.
This means that "id <username>" without the user having logged
in
previously stops showing any supplementary groups. Also, it will show
"DOMAIN\Domain Users" as the primary group. Once the user has logged
in, "id <username>" will correctly show the primary group and
supplementary group list.
winbind primary group and nss info
----------------------------------
With 4.6, it will be possible to optionally use the primary group as
set in the "Unix Attributes" tab for the local unix token of a domain
user. Before 4.6, the Windows primary group was always chosen as
primary group for the local unix token.
To activate the unix primary group, set
idmap config <DOMAIN> : unix_primary_group = yes
Similarly, set
idmap config <DOMAIN> : unix_nss_info = yes
to retrieve the home directory and login shell from the "Unix
Attributes" of the user. This supersedes the "winbind nss info"
parameter with a per-domain configuration option.
smb.conf changes
===============
Parameter Name Description Default
-------------- ----------- -------
kerberos encryption types New all
inherit owner New option
fruit:resource Spelling correction
lsa over netlogon New (deprecated) no
rpc server port New 0
KNOWN ISSUES
===========
Currently none.
CHANGES SINCE 4.5.0rc2
=====================
o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org>
* BUG 12499: s3: vfs: dirsort doesn't handle opendir of "."
correctly.
* BUG 12546: s3: VFS: vfs_streams_xattr.c: Make streams_xattr_open() store
the same path as streams_xattr_recheck().
* BUG 12531: Make vfs_shadow_copy2 cope with server changing directories.
o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
* BUG 12543: samba-tool: Correct handling of default value for use_ntvfs and
use_xattrs.
* BUG 12573: Samba < 4.7 does not know about compatibleFeatures and
requiredFeatures.
* BUG 12577: 'samba-tool dbcheck' gives errors on one-way links after
a
rename.
o Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org>
* BUG 12184: s3/rpc_server: Shared rpc modules loading.
* BUG 12520: Ensure global "smb encrypt = off" is effective.
* BUG 12524: s3/rpc_server: Move rpc_modules.c to its own subsystem.
* BUG 12541: vfs_fruit: checks wrong AAPL config state and so always uses
readdirattr.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 12551: smbd: Fix "map acl inherit" = yes.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 12398: Replication with DRSUAPI_DRS_CRITICAL_ONLY and
DRSUAPI_DRS_GET_ANC results in WERR_DS_DRA_MISSING_PARENT S
* BUG 12540: s3:smbd: allow "server min protocol = SMB3_00" to go
via "SMB
2.???" negprot.
o John Mulligan <jmulligan at nasuni.com>
* BUG 12542: docs: Improve description of "unix_primary_group"
parameter in
idmap_ad manpage.
o Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org>
* BUG 12552: waf: Do not install the unit test binary for krb5samba.
o Amitay Isaacs <amitay at gmail.com>
* BUG 12547: ctdb-build: Install CTDB tests correctly from toplevel.
* BUG 12549: ctdb-common: ioctl(.. FIONREAD ..) returns an int value.
o Garming Sam <garming at catalyst.net.nz>
* BUG 12577: 'samba-tool dbcheck' gives errors on one-way links after
a
rename.
o Uri Simchoni <uri at samba.org>
* BUG 12529: waf: Backport finding of pkg-config.
CHANGES SINCE 4.5.0rc1
=====================
o Amitay Isaacs <amitay at gmail.com>
* BUG 12469: CTDB lock helper getting stuck trying to lock a record.
* BUG 12500: ctdb-common: Fix a bug in packet reading code for generic socket
I/O.
* BUG 12510: sock_daemon_test 4 crashes with SEGV.
* BUG 12513: ctdb-daemon: Remove stale eventd socket.
o Björn Jacke <bj at sernet.de>
* BUG 12535: vfs_default: Unlock the right file in copy chunk.
o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org>
* BUG 12509: messaging: Fix dead but not cleaned-up-yet destination sockets.
* BUG 12538: Backport winbind fixes.
o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
* BUG 12501: s3:winbindd: talloc_steal the extra_data in
winbindd_list_users_recv().
o Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin.net>
* BUG 12511: ctdb-takeover: Handle case where there are no RELEASE_IPs to
send.
* BUG 12512: ctdb-scripts: Fix remaining uses of "ctdb
gratiousarp".
* BUG 12516: /etc/iproute2/rt_tables gets populated with multiple
'default' entries.
#######################################
Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
#######################################
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 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
======================================================================= Our
Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
=====================================================================
===============Download Details
===============
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded
from:
https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/
The release notes are available online at:
https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.6.0rc3.WHATSNEW.txt
Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
(https://bugzilla.samba.org/)
--Enjoy
The Samba Team
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mathias dufresne
2017-Feb-16 13:47 UTC
[Samba] [Announce] Samba 4.6.0rc3 Available for Download
Hi all, A small question about: Multi-process Netlogon support ------------------------------ The Netlogon server in the Samba AD DC can now run as multiple processes. The Netlogon server is a part of the AD DC that handles NTLM authentication on behalf of domain members, including file servers, NTLM-authenticated web servers and 802.1x gateways. The previous restriction to running as a single process has been removed, and it will now run in the same process model as the rest of the 'samba' binary. Does this mean all Samba parts are now multi-process-able ? I tried months ago to authenticate users through Kerberos using a script ran on several client machines (using kinit) and at that moment even with several clients pushing auth requests to AD (always the very same DC as a target) was consuming only one CPU core. This behaviour is supposed to be changed too? If yes, do we have to start samba with -M thread to get advantage of this? Greetings, mathais 2017-02-14 13:41 GMT+01:00 Karolin Seeger <kseeger at samba.org>:> Release Announcements > ====================> > This is the third release candidate of Samba 4.6. 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 4.6 will be the next version of the Samba suite. > > > UPGRADING > ========> > vfs_fruit option "fruit:resource" spelling correction > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Due to a spelling error in the vfs_fruit option parsing for the > "fruit:resource" > option, users who have set this option in their smb.conf were still using > the > default setting "fruit:resource = file" as the parser was looking for the > string > "fruit:ressource" (two "s"). > > After upgrading to this Samba version 4.6, you MUST either remove the > option > from your smb.conf or set it to the default "fruit:resource = file", > otherwise > your macOS clients will not be able to access the resource fork data. > > This version Samba 4.6 accepts both the correct and incorrect spelling, > but the > next Samba version 4.7 will not accept the wrong spelling. > > Users who were using the wrong spelling "ressource" with two "s" can keep > the > setting, but are advised to switch to the correct spelling. > > ID Mapping > ---------- > We discovered that the majority of users have an invalid or incorrect > ID mapping configuration. We implemented checks in the 'testparm' tool to > validate the ID mapping configuration. You should run it and check if it > prints > any warnings or errors after upgrading! If it does you should fix them. > See the > 'IDENTITY MAPPING CONSIDERATIONS' section in the smb.conf manpage. > There are some ID mapping backends which are not allowed to be used for the > default backend. Winbind will no longer start if an invalid backend is > configured as the default backend. > > To avoid problems in future we advise all users to run 'testparm' after > changing the smb.conf file! > > > NEW FEATURES/CHANGES > ===================> > Kerberos client encryption types > -------------------------------- > Some parts of Samba (most notably winbindd) perform Kerberos client > operations based on a Samba-generated krb5.conf file. A new > parameter, "kerberos encryption types" allows configuring the > encryption types set in this file, thereby allowing the user to > enforce strong or legacy encryption in Kerberos exchanges. > > The default value of "all" is compatible with previous behavior, allowing > all encryption algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to > "strong" > only allows AES-based algorithms to be negotiated. Setting the parameter to > "legacy" allows only RC4-HMAC-MD5 - the legacy algorithm for Active > Directory. > This can solves some corner cases of mixed environments with Server 2003R2 > and > newer DCs. > > Printing > -------- > Support for uploading printer drivers from newer Windows clients (Windows > 10) > has been added until our implementation of [MS-PAR] protocol is ready. > Several issues with uploading different printing drivers have been > addressed. > > The OS Version for the printing server has been increased to announce > Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. If a driver needs a newer version then you > should > check the smb.conf manpage for details. > > new option for owner inheritance > -------------------------------- > The "inherit owner" smb.conf parameter instructs smbd to set the > owner of files to be the same as the parent directory's owner. > Up until now, this parameter could be set to "yes" or "no". > A new option, "unix only", enables this feature only for the UNIX owner > of the file, not affecting the SID owner in the Windows NT ACL of the > file. This can be used to emulate something very similar to folder quotas. > > Multi-process Netlogon support > ------------------------------ > > The Netlogon server in the Samba AD DC can now run as multiple > processes. The Netlogon server is a part of the AD DC that handles > NTLM authentication on behalf of domain members, including file > servers, NTLM-authenticated web servers and 802.1x gateways. The > previous restriction to running as a single process has been removed, > and it will now run in the same process model as the rest of the > 'samba' binary. > > As part of this change, the NETLOGON service will now run on a distinct > TCP port, rather than being shared with all other RPC services (LSA, > SAMR, DRSUAPI etc). > > new options for controlling TCP ports used for RPC services > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > The new 'rpc server port' option controls the default port used for > RPC services other than Netlogon. The Netlogon server honours instead > the 'rpc server port:netlogon' option. The default value for both > these options is the first available port including or after 1024. > > Improve AD performance and replication improvements > --------------------------------------------------- > > Samba's LDB and replication code continues to improve, particularly in > respect to the handling of large numbers of linked attributes. We now > respect an 'uptodateness vector' which will dramatically reduce the > over-replication of links from new DCs. We have also made the parsing > of on-disk linked attributes much more efficient. > > DNS improvements > ---------------- > > The samba-tool dns subcommand is now much more robust and can delete > records in a number of situations where it was not possible to do so > in the past. > > On the server side, DNS names are now more strictly validated. > > CTDB changes > ------------ > > * "ctdb event" is a new top-level command for interacting with event > scripts > > "ctdb event status" replaces "ctdb scriptstatus" - the latter is > maintained for backward compatibility but the output format has been > cleaned up > > "ctdb event run" replaces "ctdb eventscript" > > "ctdb event script enable" replaces "ctdb enablescript" > > "ctdb event script disable" replaces "ctdb disablescript" > > The new command "ctdb event script list" lists event scripts. > > * CTDB's back-end for running event scripts has been replaced by a > separate, long-running daemon ctdbd_eventd. > > * Running ctdb interactively will log to stderr > > * CTDB logs now include process id for each process > > * CTDB tags log messages differently. Changes include: > > ctdb-recoverd: Messages from CTDB's recovery daemon > ctdb-recovery: Messages from CTDB database recovery > ctdb-eventd: Messages from CTDB's event daemon > ctdb-takeover: Messgaes from CTDB's public IP takeover subsystem > > * The mapping between symbolic and numeric debug levels has changed > > Configurations containing numeric debug levels should be updated. > Symbolic debug levels are recommended. See the DEBUG LEVEL section > of ctdb(7) for details. > > * Tunable IPAllocAlgorithm replaces LCP2PublicIPs, DeterministicIPs > > See ctdb-tunables(7) for details > > * CTDB's configuration tunables should be consistently set across a cluster > > This has always been the cases for most tunables but this fact is > now documented. > > * CTDB ships with recovery lock helper call-outs for etcd and Ceph RADOS > > To build/install these, use the --enable-etcd-reclock and > --enable-ceph-reclock configure options. > > winbind changes > --------------- > > 4.6 winbind simplifies the calculation of supplementary groups to make > it more reliable and predictable. Before 4.6, winbind contained code > that tried to emulate the group membership calculation that domain > controllers do when a user logs in. This group membership calculation > is a very complex process, in particular for domain trust relationship > situations. Also, in many scenarios it is impossible for winbind to > correctly do this calculation due to access restrictions in the > domains: winbind using its machine account simply does not have the > rights to ask for an arbitrary user's group memberships. > > When a user logs in to a Samba server, the domain controller correctly > calculates the user's group memberships authoritatively and makes the > information available to the Samba server. This is the only reliable > way Samba can get informed about the groups a user is member of. > > Because of its flakiness, the fallback group membership code was > removed. > > This means that "id <username>" without the user having logged in > previously stops showing any supplementary groups. Also, it will show > "DOMAIN\Domain Users" as the primary group. Once the user has logged > in, "id <username>" will correctly show the primary group and > supplementary group list. > > winbind primary group and nss info > ---------------------------------- > > With 4.6, it will be possible to optionally use the primary group as > set in the "Unix Attributes" tab for the local unix token of a domain > user. Before 4.6, the Windows primary group was always chosen as > primary group for the local unix token. > > To activate the unix primary group, set > > idmap config <DOMAIN> : unix_primary_group = yes > > Similarly, set > > idmap config <DOMAIN> : unix_nss_info = yes > > to retrieve the home directory and login shell from the "Unix > Attributes" of the user. This supersedes the "winbind nss info" > parameter with a per-domain configuration option. > > > smb.conf changes > ===============> > Parameter Name Description Default > -------------- ----------- ------- > kerberos encryption types New all > inherit owner New option > fruit:resource Spelling correction > lsa over netlogon New (deprecated) no > rpc server port New 0 > > > KNOWN ISSUES > ===========> > Currently none. > > > CHANGES SINCE 4.5.0rc2 > =====================> > o Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> > * BUG 12499: s3: vfs: dirsort doesn't handle opendir of "." correctly. > * BUG 12546: s3: VFS: vfs_streams_xattr.c: Make streams_xattr_open() > store > the same path as streams_xattr_recheck(). > * BUG 12531: Make vfs_shadow_copy2 cope with server changing > directories. > > o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> > * BUG 12543: samba-tool: Correct handling of default value for > use_ntvfs and > use_xattrs. > * BUG 12573: Samba < 4.7 does not know about compatibleFeatures and > requiredFeatures. > * BUG 12577: 'samba-tool dbcheck' gives errors on one-way links after a > rename. > > o Ralph Boehme <slow at samba.org> > * BUG 12184: s3/rpc_server: Shared rpc modules loading. > * BUG 12520: Ensure global "smb encrypt = off" is effective. > * BUG 12524: s3/rpc_server: Move rpc_modules.c to its own subsystem. > * BUG 12541: vfs_fruit: checks wrong AAPL config state and so always > uses > readdirattr. > > o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org> > * BUG 12551: smbd: Fix "map acl inherit" = yes. > > o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org> > * BUG 12398: Replication with DRSUAPI_DRS_CRITICAL_ONLY and > DRSUAPI_DRS_GET_ANC results in WERR_DS_DRA_MISSING_PARENT S > * BUG 12540: s3:smbd: allow "server min protocol = SMB3_00" to go via > "SMB > 2.???" negprot. > > o John Mulligan <jmulligan at nasuni.com> > * BUG 12542: docs: Improve description of "unix_primary_group" > parameter in > idmap_ad manpage. > > o Andreas Schneider <asn at samba.org> > * BUG 12552: waf: Do not install the unit test binary for krb5samba. > > o Amitay Isaacs <amitay at gmail.com> > * BUG 12547: ctdb-build: Install CTDB tests correctly from toplevel. > * BUG 12549: ctdb-common: ioctl(.. FIONREAD ..) returns an int value. > > o Garming Sam <garming at catalyst.net.nz> > * BUG 12577: 'samba-tool dbcheck' gives errors on one-way links after a > rename. > > o Uri Simchoni <uri at samba.org> > * BUG 12529: waf: Backport finding of pkg-config. > > > CHANGES SINCE 4.5.0rc1 > =====================> > o Amitay Isaacs <amitay at gmail.com> > * BUG 12469: CTDB lock helper getting stuck trying to lock a record. > * BUG 12500: ctdb-common: Fix a bug in packet reading code for generic > socket > I/O. > * BUG 12510: sock_daemon_test 4 crashes with SEGV. > * BUG 12513: ctdb-daemon: Remove stale eventd socket. > > o Björn Jacke <bj at sernet.de> > * BUG 12535: vfs_default: Unlock the right file in copy chunk. > > o Volker Lendecke <vl at samba.org> > * BUG 12509: messaging: Fix dead but not cleaned-up-yet destination > sockets. > * BUG 12538: Backport winbind fixes. > > o Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org> > * BUG 12501: s3:winbindd: talloc_steal the extra_data in > winbindd_list_users_recv(). > > o Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin.net> > * BUG 12511: ctdb-takeover: Handle case where there are no RELEASE_IPs > to > send. > * BUG 12512: ctdb-scripts: Fix remaining uses of "ctdb gratiousarp". > * BUG 12516: /etc/iproute2/rt_tables gets populated with multiple > 'default' entries. > > > ####################################### > Reporting bugs & Development Discussion > ####################################### > > 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 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla > database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). > > > =====================================================================> == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. > == The Samba Team > =====================================================================> > > ===============> Download Details > ===============> > The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed > using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded > from: > > https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/ > > The release notes are available online at: > > https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.6.0rc3. > WHATSNEW.txt > > Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. > (https://bugzilla.samba.org/) > > --Enjoy > The Samba Team >
On Thu, 2017-02-16 at 14:47 +0100, mathias dufresne wrote:> Hi all, > > A small question about: > Multi-process Netlogon support > ------------------------------ > > The Netlogon server in the Samba AD DC can now run as multiple > processes. The Netlogon server is a part of the AD DC that handles > NTLM authentication on behalf of domain members, including file > servers, NTLM-authenticated web servers and 802.1x gateways. The > previous restriction to running as a single process has been removed, > and it will now run in the same process model as the rest of the > 'samba' binary. > > Does this mean all Samba parts are now multi-process-able ? I tried > months > ago to authenticate users through Kerberos using a script ran on > several > client machines (using kinit) and at that moment even with several > clients > pushing auth requests to AD (always the very same DC as a target) was > consuming only one CPU core. This behaviour is supposed to be changed > too?No, at this point the KDC is still a single task.> If yes, do we have to start samba with -M thread to get advantage of > this?No, but the NETLOGON server will follow whatever you specify in -M so the default of 'standard' will make it fork one process per incoming connection. That is, no change is needed to obtain the advantage for NETLOGON. We realise that we need more of Samba than just the NETLOGON and SMB servers to be multi-process, but neither is the standard (fork() per connection) the right thing for one-packet tasks like krb5 or DNS. It is even a poor choice for LDAP, as the degenerate case of 'ldap authentication' pays the full fork() cost for just a few packets of work. Therefore I plan to revive the prefork process model (worker processes). However this turned out to be more work than I expected, so has been delayed, but Samba 4.7 should see some further improvements in this area. In the meantime my team at Catalyst will be developing a tool to simulate network loads, and we will shortly be calling for volunteers to run a trace tool on their networks to help us understand what a real-world load looks like, so we can optimise for that. Thanks, Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Samba Developer, Catalyst IT http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba