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Samuel Goldwyn ======================================================


Release Announcements
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This is the latest stable release of Samba 4.4.

This release fixes some regressions introduced by the last security fixes. Please see bug https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11849 for a list of bugs addressing these regressions and more information.


Changes since 4.4.2:
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o Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
* BUG 11786: idmap_hash: Only allow the hash module for default idmap config.

o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
* BUG 11822: s3: libsmb: Fix error where short name length was read as 2
bytes, should be 1.

o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
* BUG 11789: Fix returning of ldb.MessageElement.

o Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
* BUG 11855: cleanupd: Restart as needed.

o Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
* BUG 11786: s3:winbindd:idmap: check loadparm in domain_has_idmap_config()
helper as well.
* BUG 11789: libsmb/pysmb: Add pytalloc-util dependency to fix the build.

o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
* BUG 11786: winbind: Fix CID 1357100: Unchecked return value.
* BUG 11816: nwrap: Fix the build on Solaris.
* BUG 11827: vfs_catia: Fix memleak.
* BUG 11878: smbd: Avoid large reads beyond EOF.

o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
* BUG 11789: s3:wscript: pylibsmb depends on pycredentials.
* BUG 11841: Fix NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED when accessing Windows public share.
* BUG 11847: Only validate MIC if "map to guest" is not being used.
* BUG 11849: auth/ntlmssp: Add ntlmssp_{client,server}:force_old_spnego
option for testing.
* BUG 11850: NetAPP SMB servers don't negotiate NTLMSSP_SIGN.
* BUG 11858: Allow anonymous smb connections.
* BUG 11870: Fix ads_sasl_spnego_gensec_bind(KRB5).
* BUG 11872: Fix 'wbinfo -u' and 'net ads search'.

o Tom Mortensen <tomm@lime-technology.com>
* BUG 11875: nss_wins: Fix the hostent setup.

o Garming Sam <garming@catalyst.net.nz>
* BUG 11789: build: Mark explicit dependencies on pytalloc-util.

o Partha Sarathi <partha@exablox.com>
* BUG 11819: Fix the smb2_setinfo to handle FS info types and FSQUOTA
infolevel.

o Jorge Schrauwen <sjorge@blackdot.be>
* BUG 11816: configure: Don't check for inotify on illumos.

o Uri Simchoni <uri@samba.org>
* BUG 11806: vfs_acl_common: Avoid setting POSIX ACLs if "ignore system acls"
is set.
* BUG 11815: smbcquotas: print "NO LIMIT" only if returned quota value is 0.
* BUG 11852: libads: Record session expiry for spnego sasl binds.

o Hemanth Thummala <hemanth.thummala@nutanix.com>
* BUG 11840: Mask general purpose signals for notifyd.


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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.

If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should
be filed under the "Samba 4.1 and newer" product in the project's Bugzilla database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team ======================================================================


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Download Details
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The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded
from:

https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/

The release notes are available online at:

https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.4.3.html

Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
(https://bugzilla.samba.org/)

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