Software Update: Samba 3.0.11

Samba is a package that enables seamless delivery of file and printer services to networks that include both SMB– if CIFSclients hang. Version 3.0.11 has been available for a few days and both the source code as the binaries be downloaded for different platforms. The full release notes are up this one page and below are briefly the most important improvements:

Common bugs fixed in 3.0.11 include:

• Crash in smbd when using CUPS printing.
• Parsing error of other SIDs included in the user_info_3 structure returned from domain controllers.
• Inefficiencies when searching non-AD LDAP directories.
• Failure to expand variables in user domain attributes in tdbsam and ldapsam.
• Memory leaks.
• Failure to retrieve certain attribute when migrating from a Windows DC to a Samba DC via ‘net rpc vampire’.
• Numerous printing bugs including memory bloating on large/busy print servers.
• Compatibility issues with Exchange 5.5 SP4.
• send file fixes.

Additional features introduced in Samba 3.0.11:

• Winbind performance improvements.
• More ‘net rpc vampire’ functionality.
• Support for the Windows privilege model to assign rights to specific SIDs.
• New administrative options to the ‘net rpc’ command.