Release Announcements
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-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.10. This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.12. 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 4.10 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.12 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
UPGRADING
NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
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-GPO Improvements
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-
-A new 'samba-tool gpo export' command has been added that can export a
-set of Group Policy Objects from a domain in a generalised XML format.
-
-A corresponding 'samba-tool gpo restore' command has been added to
-rebuild the Group Policy Objects from the XML after generalization.
-(The administrator needs to correct the values of XML entities between
-the backup and restore to account for the change in domain).
-
-kdc prefork
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-
-The KDC now supports the pre-fork process model and worker processes will be
-forked for the KDC when the pre-fork process model is selected for samba.
-
-prefork 'prefork children'
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-
-The default value for this smdb.conf parameter has been increased from 1 to
-4.
-
-netlogon prefork
-----------------
-
-DCERPC now supports pre-forked NETLOGON processes. The netlogon processes are
-pre-forked when the prefork process model is selected for samba.
REMOVED FEATURES
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smb.conf changes
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- Parameter Name Description Default
- -------------- ----------- -------
+ Parameter Name Description Default
+ -------------- ----------- -------
KNOWN ISSUES
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-https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.10#Release_blocking_bugs
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.12#Release_blocking_bugs
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