Download Samba 3.5.8

A new version has appeared in the stable 3.5 branch of Samba. This program runs on Unix, BSD and Linux servers and is an open source implementation of the SMB/CIFS network protocol. Since version 3, Samba can offer file and print services to Windows clients and is able to act as a Domain Controller. Extensive documentation, including practical how-tos for a slightly older version, can be found at this page are being found. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Samba 3.5.8 Available for Download

Major enhancements in Samba 3.5.8 include:

• Fix Winbind crash bug when no DC is available (bug #7730).
• Fix finding users on domain members (bug #7743).
• Fix memory leaks in Winbind (bug #7879).
• Fix printing with Windows 7 clients (bug #7567).

Changes since 3.5.7:

• BUG 7594: Fix “log=>ndr_pull_error” in ‘wbinfo -u’ and ‘wbinfo -g’.
• BUG 7871: Fix ‘net ads dns register’ in cluster setups.
• BUG 7894: Fix sporadic Winbind panic in rpc query_user_list.
• BUG 7409: Raise debug level for “reduce_name: couldn’t get realpath” messages.
• BUG 7716: Store unmodified copies of security descriptors in acl_xattr and acl_tdb modules.
• BUG 7733: Fix incorrect unix mode_t caused by invalid client DOS attributes on create.
• BUG 7734: Apply appropriate create masks when creating files with “inherit ACLs” set to true.
• BUG 7743: Fix finding users on domain members.
• BUG 7744: Fix “dfree cache time” parameter.
• BUG 7777: Fix requesting lookups for BUILTIN sids.
• BUG 7785: Fix a time limit.
• BUG 7791: Fix copying files from a SMB share using Gnome vfs and SMB signing.
• BUG 7812: ACL inheritance cannot be disabled in vfs_acl_xattr/vfs_acl_tdb.
• BUG 7835: vfs_fill_sparse() doesn’t use posix_fallocate when strict allocate is on.
• BUG 7843: Expand the local SAMs aliases.
• BUG 7892: Fix stale lock in open_file_fchmod().
• BUG 7950: Revalidate the pathname once re-constructed from a root fsp.
• BUG 7356: Fix ‘net ads dns registry’ in Windows 2008 R2 domains.
• BUG 7875: Fix ‘nmbd –port’.
• BUG 7880: Make ‘rpcclient deldriver’ delete drivers for all architectures.
• BUG 7567: Fix printing with Windows 7 clients.
• BUG 7641: Handle Windows 9x adddriver calls without config file.
• BUG 7945: Let Winbind try to use samlogon validation level 6.
• BUG 3185: Fix ‘testparm’ return code when EOF in encountered in param name.
• BUG 7821: Fix build of shared libraries on Tru64.
• BUG 7066: Fix “Your Password expires today” message for users of trusted domains.
• BUG 7262: Fix maintaining users’ groups via UsrMgr.
• BUG 7656: Fix scalability problem with hundreds of printers.
• BUG 7665: Fix memory leak in the netapi routines.
• BUG 7730: Fix Winbind crash bug when no DC is available.
• BUG 7774: Fix a getgrent crash with many groups.
• BUG 7779: Fix smbd crash caused by expand_msdfs.
• BUG 7800: Make Winbind recover from a signing error.
• BUG 7817: Fix “force group” with ntlmssp guest session setup.
• BUG 7841: Make WINBINDD_LOOKUPRIDS asking the right domain.
• BUG 7842: Make WINBINDD_LOOKUPRIDS returning the domain name.
• BUG 7855: ntlm_auth: Support clients which offer a spnego mechs we don’t support.
• BUG 7879: Fix memory leaks in Winbind.
• BUG 7881: Fix flaky Winbind against Windows 2008.
• BUG 7917: Fix connections from WinCE.
• BUG 7940: Fix opening MS Powerpoint files.
• BUG 7567: Fix printing with Windows 7 clients.
• BUG 7855: ntlm_auth: Support clients which offer a spnego mechs we don’t support.
• BUG 7883: Fix SMB session setups with Kerberos against some closed source SMB servers.
• BUG 7896: Don’t set SAMR_FIELD_FULL_NAME if we just want to set the account name.
• BUG 7899: Don’t return “-1” on success in ‘net rpc vampire keytab’.
• BUG 7942: Fix endless loops caused by inotify.
• BUG 7944: Catch lookup_names/sids schannel errors about ncacn_ip_tcp.
• BUG 6837: Make “rlimit_max below minimum Windows limit” notification less scary.
• BUG 7789: vfs_scannedonly: Switch from mtime to ctime which is more reliable.
• BUG 7498: Fix updating the time on close in vfs_gpfs.