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    1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba 3.3.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="prev" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="next" href="NetworkBrowsing.html" title="Chapter 10. Network Browsing"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="optional.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NetworkBrowsing.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="ChangeNotes"></a>Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="orgname">Samba Team</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Gerald</span> <span class="othername">(Jerry)</span> <span class="orgname">Samba Team</span> <span class="surname">Carter</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2578591">Important Samba-3.2.x Change Notes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2578603">Important Samba-3.0.x Change Notes</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2578662">User and Group Changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2578974">Essential Group Mappings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2579095">Passdb Changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2579156">Group Mapping Changes in Samba-3.0.23</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2579276">LDAP Changes in Samba-3.0.23</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>
     1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba 3.3.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="prev" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="next" href="NetworkBrowsing.html" title="Chapter 10. Network Browsing"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="optional.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NetworkBrowsing.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="ChangeNotes"></a>Chapter 9. Important and Critical Change Notes for the Samba 3.x Series</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Gerald</span> <span class="othername">(Jerry)</span> <span class="surname">Carter</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2584662">Important Samba-3.2.x Change Notes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2584674">Important Samba-3.0.x Change Notes</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2584733">User and Group Changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2585045">Essential Group Mappings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2585166">Passdb Changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2585226">Group Mapping Changes in Samba-3.0.23</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ChangeNotes.html#id2585347">LDAP Changes in Samba-3.0.23</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>
    22Please read this chapter carefully before update or upgrading Samba.  You should expect to find only critical
    33or very important information here. Comprehensive change notes and guidance information can be found in the
    44section <a class="link" href="upgrading-to-3.0.html" title="Chapter 35. Updating and Upgrading Samba">Updating and Upgrading Samba</a>.
    5 </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2578591"></a>Important Samba-3.2.x Change Notes</h2></div></div></div><p>
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    66!!!!!!!!!!!!Add all critical update notes here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    88These following notes pertain in particular to Samba 3.0.23 through Samba 3.0.25c (or more recent 3.0.25
    99update).  Samba is a fluid and ever changing project. Changes throughout the 3.0.x series release are
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    2222This chapter is new to the release of the HOWTO for Samba 3.0.23. It includes much of the notes provided
    2323in the <code class="filename">WHATSNEW.txt</code> file that is included with the Samba source code release tarball.
    24 </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2578662"></a>User and Group Changes</h3></div></div></div><p>
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    2525The change documented here affects unmapped user and group accounts only.
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    3232The user and group internal management routines have been rewritten to prevent overlaps of
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    4242Unmapped users are now assigned a SID in the <code class="literal">S-1-22-1</code> domain and unmapped
    4343groups are assigned a SID in the <code class="literal">S-1-22-2</code> domain.  Previously they were
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    5353The result is that any unmapped users or groups on an upgraded Samba domain controller may
    5454be assigned a new SID.  Because the SID rather than a name is stored in Windows security
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    6666Assume that a group named <span class="emphasis"><em>developers</em></span> exists with a UNIX GID of 782. In this
    6767case this group does not exist in Samba's group mapping table. It would be perfectly normal for
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    7575With the release of Samba-3.0.23, the group SID would be reported as <code class="literal">S-1-22-2-782</code>.  Any
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    8484The workaround for versions of Samba prior to 3.0.23, is to create a manual domain group mapping
    8585entry for the group <span class="emphasis"><em>developers</em></span> to point at the
    8686<code class="literal">S-1-5-21-647511796-4126122067-3123570092-2565</code> SID. With the release of Samba-3.0.23 this
    8787workaround is no longer needed.
    88 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2578974"></a>Essential Group Mappings</h3></div></div></div><p>
     88</p></div><div class="sect2" title="Essential Group Mappings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2585045"></a>Essential Group Mappings</h3></div></div></div><p>
    8989Samba 3.0.x series  releases before 3.0.23 automatically created group mappings for the essential Windows
    9090domain groups <code class="literal">Domain Admins, Domain Users, Domain Guests</code>. Commencing with Samba 3.0.23
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    9292correctly authenticate and recoognize valid domain users. When this happens users will not be able to log onto
    9393the Windows client.
    94 </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
     94</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
    9595Group mappings are essentail only if the Samba servers is running as a PDC/BDC. Stand-alone servers do not
    9696require these group mappings.
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    103103For further information regarding group mappings see <a class="link" href="groupmapping.html" title="Chapter 12. Group Mapping: MS Windows and UNIX">Group Mapping: MS Windows
    104104and UNIX</a>.
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    110110The <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#PASSDBBACKEND" target="_top">passdb backend</a> parameter no longer accepts multiple passdb backends in a
    111111chained configuration.  Also be aware that the SQL and XML based passdb modules have been
    112112removed in the Samba-3.0.23 release.  More information regarding external support for a SQL
    113113passdb module can be found on the  <a class="ulink" href="http://pdbsql.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">pdbsql</a> web site.
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    130130Windows group SID to UNIX GID mappings.  This change has no effect on winbindd's IDMAP functionality
    131131for domain groups.
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    139139added to the <code class="literal">sambaSID</code> attribute definition.  For OpenLDAP servers, this
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