Software Update: Samba 4.16.1 / 4.15.7

Samba runs on Unix, BSD and Linux servers, and is an open source implementation of the smb/cifsnetwork protocol† Also, Samba can provide file and print services to Windows clients, and is able to domain controller within Active Directory to function. Extensive documentation, including practical how-to’s for a slightly older version, can be found on this page are being found. The developers have previously released versions 4.16.1 and 4.15.7 with the following changes:

Release Notes for Samba 4.16.1

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.16 release series. Changes since 4.16.0:

• BUG 14831: Share and server swapped in smbget password prompt.
• BUG 15022: Durable handles won’t reconnect if the leased file is written to.
• BUG 15023: rmdir silently fails if directory contains unreadable files and hide unreadable is yes.
• BUG 15038: SMB2_CLOSE_FLAGS_FULL_INFORMATION fails to return information on renamed file handle.
• BUG 8731: Need to describe –builtin-libraries= better (compare with –bundled-libraries).
• BUG 14957: vfs_shadow_copy2 breaks “smbd async dosmode” sync fallback.
• BUG 15035: shadow_copy2 fails listing snapshotted dirs with shadow:fixinodes.
• BUG 15046: PAM Kerberos authentication incorrectly fails with a clock skew error.
• BUG 15041: Username map – samba erroneously applies unix group memberships to user account entries.
• BUG 14951: KVNO off by 100000.
• BUG 15027: Uninitialized litemask in variable in vfs_gpfs module.
• BUG 15055: vfs_gpfs recalls=no option prevents listing files.
• BUG 15054: smbd doesn’t handle UPNs for looking up names.

Release Notes for Samba 4.15.7

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.15 release series. Changes since 4.15.6:

• BUG 14831: Share and server swapped in smbget password prompt.
• BUG 15022: Durable handles won’t reconnect if the leased file is written to.
• BUG 15023: rmdir silently fails if directory contains unreadable files and hide unreadable is yes.
• BUG 15038: SMB2_CLOSE_FLAGS_FULL_INFORMATION fails to return information on renamed file handle.
• BUG 14957: vfs_shadow_copy2 breaks “smbd async dosmode” sync fallback.
• BUG 15035: shadow_copy2 fails listing snapshotted dirs with shadow:fixinodes.
• BUG 15046: PAM Kerberos authentication incorrectly fails with a clock skew error.
• BUG 15041: username map – samba erroneously applies unix group memberships to user account entries.
• BUG 14983: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED translates into EPERM instead of EACCES in SMBC_server_internal.
• BUG 13879: Simple bind doesn’t work against an RODC (with non-preloaded users).
• BUG 14641: Crash of winbind on RODC.
• BUG 14865: uncached logon on RODC always fails once.
• BUG 14951: KVNO off by 100000.
• BUG 15001: LDAP simple binds should honor “old password allowed period”.
• BUG 15003: wbinfo -a doesn’t work reliably with upn names.
• BUG 13879: Simple bind doesn’t work against an RODC (with non-preloaded users).
• BUG 15027: Uninitialized litemask in variable in vfs_gpfs module.
• BUG 15016: Regression: create krb5 conf = yes doesn’t work with a single KDC.