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This is the first stable release of Samba 3.4.0.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is a security release to address CVE-2009-1888. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.3.5 is available. This security advisory is applicable from Samba 3.0.31 to 3.3.5. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is a security release to address CVE-2009-1886 and CVE-2009-1888. The original advisory for CVE-2009-1886 and original advisory for CVE-2009-1888 are available online. Patches for CVE-2009-1886 and CVE-2009-1888 are available for Samba 3.2.12. This security advisory is applicable from Samba 3.2.0 to 3.2.12. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is a security release to address CVE-2009-1888. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.0.34 is available. This security advisory is applicable from Samba 3.0.31 to 3.3.5. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the first release candidate of Samba 3.4.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info. Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.3.4 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.11 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
Samba 3.4.0pre2 is available for download. This is a preview of the next upgrade production release version of Samba. It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and report any bugs that you find. The final 3.4.0 release is planned for July 1, 2009. Please read the changes in the Release Notes for details on new features and difference in behavior from previous releases.
The Samba 3.4.0pre2 source code can be downloaded now. The GnuPG signature is for the uncompressed tarball. Precompiled packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
Samba 3.4.0pre1 is available for download. This is a preview of the next upgrade production release version of Samba. It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and report any bugs that you find. Our plan is to possibly have one more preview releases. The final 3.4.0 release is planned for July 1, 2009. Please read the changes in the Release Notes for details on new features and difference in behavior from previous releases.
The Samba 3.4.0pre1 source code can be downloaded now. The GnuPG signature is for the uncompressed tarball. Precompiled packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.3.3 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.10 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
Samba Team members Volker Lendecke, Jeremy Allison, and Jim McDonough today released a personal statement in reaction to comments made by Krishna Ganugapati in an interview. The entire statement is reprinted below.
Samba and GUIs
Krishna Ganugapati recently in an interview pointed out that Samba has no GUI style tools. Krishna is probably referring to Samba's capability to be configured by editing the configuration in the smb.conf file.
Even though command shell geeks may still prefer this method, the team addresses the main goal of Samba to provide seamless interoperability with Windows clients. So, in its best sense, the Microsoft Management Console is the GUI. We provide the RPC-based infrastructure for Windows administrators to configure Samba using the tools they are used to.
Some of those RPC services were provided a couple of years ago by Centeris, now renamed to Likewise, the company Krishna is working for. Thanks for that, we hope there will be more contributions to Samba like that from Likewise in the future!
Michael Adam has done great work to make the registry-based configuration happen. With Samba 3.2 and even more so with Samba 3.3 you can configure everything you can not do via the MMC with your well-known regedit.exe from Windows. This very well matches expectations of Windows administrators: The normal day-to-day administration is done via the MMC, and when it comes down to fine-tuning, you need to dive into the registry.
For an introduction to the registry configuration, see Michael's paper, presented at the Linux Kongress 2008, published in the proceedings with ISBN 978-3-86541-300-0.
Günther Deschner has developed a gtk-based utility to join a domain. Screenshots can be found on samba.org. This shipped with Samba 3.2.0 and can be compiled easily wherever the gtk libraries are available. See the slides of Günther's 2008 SambaXP talk.
We also take issue with Likewise's claim that pushing changes upstream into Samba is a challenge.
The Samba project has many corporate contributors who have found that working with the Open Source/Free Software Community is preferable to developing a parallel technology under their sole control. Companies such as IBM, HP, Intel, Apple, Red Hat, Novell, Isilon, Data Domain, ReadyNAS (now NetGear) and Veritas (now Symantec) have worked with the Samba Team to create a shared, compelling file, print and authentication service that can be used by everyone and is developed as a community of equals.
Volker Lendecke, Jeremy Allison, Jim McDonough, Lars Müller, Michael Adam and Günther Deschner
Samba Team
Updated: The signature on the original statement has been updated to include supporting signatures from Lars Müller, Michael Adam, and Günther Deschner.
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.9 is also available. This release fixes an issue which caused problems after updates in Samba 3.2.9. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.8 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.7 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is the first stable release of Samba 3.3.0.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.0 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.0.33 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is a security release to address CVE-2009-0022. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.2.6 is available. This security advisory is applicable to releases from Samba 3.2.0 to 3.2.6. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the second release candidate of Samba 3.3.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info. Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.5 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is the first release candidate of Samba 3.3.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info. Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is a security release to address CVE-2008-4314. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.2.4 is available. This security advisory is applicable to releases from Samba 3.0.29 to 3.2.4. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is a security release to address CVE-2008-4314. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.0.32 is available. This security advisory is applicable to releases from Samba 3.0.29 to 3.2.4. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
Silicon.com has posted their top agenda setters for 2008. The Samba Team's Jeremy Allison came in at 43 on the list, 4 steps ahead of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, thereby increasing Jeremy's Web 2.0 street cred.
On a more serious note, Jeremy was listed for his work as an ambassador of the free software movement.
It's his work to remove the barriers to interoperability between these two worlds - a key piece in enabling Linux to become accepted in the enterprise - that earns Allison a spot on this year's Agenda Setters list.
Samba 3.3.0pre2 is available for download. This is a preview of the next upgrade production release version of Samba. It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and report any bugs that you find. Our plan is to possibly have one more preview release and move to the release candidate stage in September. The final 3.3.0 release is planned for December 15. Please read the changes in the Release Notes for details on new features and difference in behavior from previous releases.
The Samba 3.3.0pre2 source code can be downloaded now. The GnuPG signature is for the for the uncompressed tarball. If you prefer, the large patch file against Samba 3.3.0pre1 (GnuPG signature) is also available for download. Please read these instructions on how to verify the gpg signature. Precompiled packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.3 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
This is a security release to address CVE-2008-3789. The original advisory is available online. Patches patch 1 for Samba 3.2.2 and patch 2 for Samba 3.2.2 are available. This security advisory is applicable to all Samba 3.2.x releases to date. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
Samba 3.3.0pre1 is available for download. This is a preview of the next upgrade production release version of Samba. It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and report any bugs that you find. Our plan is to possibly have one more preview release and move to the release candidate stage in September. The final 3.3.0 release is planned for December 15. Please read the changes in the Release Notes for details on new features and difference in behavior from previous releases.
The Samba 3.3.0pre1 source code can be downloaded now. The GnuPG signature is for the for the uncompressed tarball. If you prefer, the large patch file against Samba 3.2.2 (GnuPG signature) is also available for download. Please read these instructions on how to verify the gpg signature. Precompiled packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.0 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.0.31 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
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This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.2 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers running this release series. The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.2.1 is also available. See the release notes for more info.
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The Samba Team is proud to announce the release of Samba 3.2, a major new release of the award-winning Free Software file and print server suite for Microsoft Windows ® clients.
Samba 3.2 builds upon the success of Samba 3.0 by modernizing and enhancing the code whilst still retaining compatibility with all existing Samba installations. Samba is the leading technology choice for Windows file serving on UNIX ® platforms and in embedded Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions. Samba is used by vendors selling NAS solutions ranging from high end clustered business-critical systems, to low end consumer devices, and everything in between.
Samba 3.2, in conjunction with the ctdb libraries and a back-end distributed file system such as Sun's Lustre ®, IBM's GPFS ® or Red Hat's GFS ®, can provide a fully clustered file server solution. Every node is able to simultaneously serve an identical, consistent view of the exported file system. Not just a simple "fail-over" high availability solution, Samba 3.2 with ctdb provides a scalable clustered file server solution with full Windows file sharing semantics. Samba and ctdb are already being shipped in production file serving products to some of the most demanding customers in the world in fields such as animation and video production.
Samba 3.2 introduces a 'registry' based configuration system. This allows vendors embedding Samba in an appliance to more easily manage Samba configuration via the supplied commands or library functions without having to write scripts to modify a text file.
Samba 3.2 has been designed and tested to integrate with the latest Microsoft Windows ® clients and servers, such as Windows Vista ® service pack 1, and Windows server 2008 ®.
An innovation created by the Samba Team, Samba 3.2 has extended the CIFS/SMB protocol to allow transport encryption. File system shares may now be marked as "encrypted" and all access to these shares is now encrypted over the network. Standard GSSAPI encryption techniques are used to safeguard the data. This extension to the CIFS/SMB protocol is open and available for other vendors to adopt without requiring patent licenses or other restrictions.
The memory footprint of Samba has been reduced by the use of the Samba developed "talloc" library, in order to allow greater use of Samba in embedded devices with limited memory requirements. All restrictions on file name lengths have been removed.
The networking functions have been re-written to ensure Samba 3.2 is fully IPv6 compliant. Customers may now use Samba in an IPv6-only network, and it has been tested to work with Microsoft Windows ® IPv6 implementations as well as UNIX ® IPv6 implementations.
Samba 3.2 begins the migration of Samba from a monolithic application to a more modular architecture comprised of library functions which can be used to control and configure the Samba environment. The new libnetapi library to control domain membership is one of the first examples of this new approach.
Samba 3.2 marks the debut of Karolin Seeger as our new release manager, funded full time to work on Samba releases by SerNet GmbH. The Samba Team is happy to welcome Karolin as a Team member, and we hope that Karolin will be driving our release process for many years to come.
The Samba Team has adopted the Version 3 of the GNU General Public License for the 3.2 and later releases. The GPLv3 is the updated version of the GPLv2 license under which Samba is currently distributed. It has been updated to improve compatibility with other licenses and to make it easier to adopt internationally, and is an improved version of the license to better suit the needs of Free Software in the 21st Century.
The original announcement is available on-line at Samba Adopts GPLv3 for Future Releases.
Samba 3.2 is fully portable, POSIX compliant software that runs on a variety of UNIX and UNIX-like systems including AIX ®, FreeBSD, HPUX®, IRIX ®, Linux ®, Mac OS X ® and Solaris ®. Samba is shipped as standard on all versions of Linux, and most of the major vendors versions of UNIX as a fully supported part of the operating system. Samba is the leading solution for Microsoft Windows ® compatibility for embedded appliance and Network Attached Storage vendors.
Samba 3.2 is available now from the Samba Web site and all worldwide mirrors.
The Samba Team is a worldwide group of computer professionals working together via the Internet to produce the highest quality Free Software Windows (SMB/CIFS) server and client software.
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This is the first stable release of Samba 3.2.0.
Please be aware that Samba is now distributed under version 3 of the new GNU General Public License. You may refer to the COPYING file that accompanies the release source for further licensing details.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the second release candidate of Samba 3.2.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
Please be aware that Samba is now distributed under version 3 of the new GNU General Public License. You may refer to the COPYING file that accompanies the release source for further licensing details.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info. Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used by Windows 2000 and above.
Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work.
Samba4 alpha4 follows on from our second alpha release (made in December), the first alpha release (made in September), and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some time now.
The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed using Andrew Bartlett's GnuPG key (ID 28B436BB). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes in the source for more information.
This is a security release to address CVE-2008-1105. The original advisory is available online. A patch for Samba 3.0.29 is available. This security advisory is applicable to all Samba 3.0.x releases to date. Past security advisories are available on our security page.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.
This is the first release candidate of Samba 3.2.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
Please be aware that Samba is now distributed under version 3 of the new GNU General Public License. You may refer to the COPYING file that accompanies the release source for further licensing details.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info. Binary packages will be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the Binary_Packages download area.
This is the latest bug fix release for Samba 3.0 and is the version recommended for all production Samba servers. Among other fixes and enhancements, this release address some interoperability problems with Windows 2008, interdomain trusts, and SMB/CIFS protocol correctness issues.
The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.