Software update: Samba 3.0.21

Today, the development team behind Samba finally released the final release of version 3.0.21 of the program of the same name. Samba is intended for Linux servers and is able to provide file and/or printer services to Windows clients. The source code is from this ftp location or via BitTorrent. In the latter case, it is recommended to verify the download against this after completion GPG signature. The release notes of this version are as follows:

New features introduced in Samba 3.0.21 include:

• Complete NTLMv2 support by consolidating authentication mechanism used at the CIFS and RPC layers.
• The capability to manage Unix services using the Win32 Service Control API.
• The capability to view external Unix log files via the Microsoft Event Viewer.
• New libmsrpc share library for application developers.
• Rewrite of CIFS oplock implementation.
• Performance Counter external daemon.
• Winbindd auto-detection query methods when communicating with a domain controller.
• The ability to enumerate long share names in libsmbclient applications.

Common bugs fixed in 3.0.21 include:

• Missing groups in a user’s token when logging in via kerberos
• Incompatibilities with newer MS Windows hotfixes and embedded OS platforms
• Portability and crash bugs.
• Performance issues in winbindd.

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