NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
====================
-The "strict sync" global parameter has been changed from
-a default of "no" to "yes". This means smbd will by default
-obey client requests to synchronize unwritten data in operating
-system buffers safely onto disk. This is a safer default setting
-for modern SMB1/2/3 clients.
+Samba AD with MIT Kerberos
+--------------------------
+
+After four years of development, Samba finally supports compiling and
+running Samba AD with MIT Kerberos. You can enable it with:
+
+ ./configure --with-system-mitkrb5
+
+Samba requires version 1.15.1 of MIT Kerberos to build with AD DC support.
+The krb5-devel and krb5-server packages are required.
+The feature set is not on par with with the Heimdal build but the most important
+things, like forest and external trusts, are working. Samba uses the KDC binary
+provided by MIT Kerberos.
+
+Missing features, compared to Heimdal, are:
+ * PKINIT support
+ * S4U2SELF/S4U2PROXY support
+ * RODC support (not fully working with Heimdal either)
+
+The Samba AD process will take care of starting the MIT KDC and it will load a
+KDB (Kerberos Database) driver to access the Samba AD database. When
+provisioning an AD DC using 'samba-tool' it will take care of creating a correct
+kdc.conf file for the MIT KDC. Note that 'samba-tool' will overwrite the system
+kdc.conf by default. It is possible to use a different location during
+provision. You should consult the 'samba-tool' help and smb.conf manpage for
+details.
+
Authentication and Authorization audit support
----------------------------------------------
changes are not at this stage, and this support is not currently
backed by a testsuite.
+Parameter changes
+-----------------
+
+The "strict sync" global parameter has been changed from
+a default of "no" to "yes". This means smbd will by default
+obey client requests to synchronize unwritten data in operating
+system buffers safely onto disk. This is a safer default setting
+for modern SMB1/2/3 clients.
+
smb.conf changes
================
Parameter Name Description Default
-------------- ----------- -------
- strict sync Default changed yes
auth event notification New parameter no
+ auth methods Deprecated
+ map untrusted to domain Deprecated
+ strict sync Default changed yes
+
+Removal of lpcfg_register_defaults_hook()
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The undocumented and unsupported function lpcfg_register_defaults_hook()
+that was used by external projects to call into Samba and modify
+smb.conf default parameter settings has been removed. If your project
+was using this call please raise the issue on
+samba-technical@lists.samba.org in order to design a supported
+way of obtaining the same functionality.
+
+Change of loadable module interface
+-----------------------------------
+
+The _init function of all loadable modules in Samba has changed
+from:
+
+NTSTATUS _init(void);
+
+to:
+
+NTSTATUS _init(TALLOC_CTX *);
+
+This allows a program loading a module to pass in a long-lived
+talloc context (which must be guaranteed to be alive for the
+lifetime of the module). This allows modules to avoid use of
+the talloc_autofree_context() (which is inherently thread-unsafe)
+and still be valgrind-clean on exit. Modules that don't need to
+free long-lived data on exist should use the NULL talloc context.
KNOWN ISSUES
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