Samba 3.0.25rc1 is now available for download. This is the first release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba. An RC release means that the version is close to the final production release, but there may be a few lingering bugs. For this reason, it is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and report any bugs that you find. Please read the changes in the Release Notes for details on new features and difference in behavior from previous releases.

The Samba 3.0.25rc1 source code can be downloaded now. The GnuPG signature is for the for the uncompressed tarball. If you prefer, the patch file against Samba 3.0.25pre2 (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.