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		Release Notes for Samba 3.0.3pre3
		XXXXX XX, 2004
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		This is a preview release of the Samba 3.0.3 code base and is
		provided for testing only. This release is not intended for
		production servers. Use at your own risk.
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		Release Notes for Samba 3.0.3rc1
		April 20, 2004
		================================

		This is a release candidate snapshot of the Samba 3.0.3 code
		base and should be considered for testing only. A release
		candidate (RC) means that we are close to the final, stable
		release and in provided for Quality Assurance (QA) purposes.
		This release is not intended for production servers. Use
		at your own risk.

		There have been several bug fixes since the 3.0.2a release that
		we feel are important to make available to the Samba community
		for wider testings. See the "Changes" section for details on
		exact updates.

		Common bugs fixed in this preview release include:
		Common bugs fixed in this RC include:

		o Delays in winbindd startup caused by unnecessary
		connections to trusted domain controllers.
		o Various small memory leaks.
		o Winbindd failing due to expired Kerberos tickets.

		o <FILL ME IN>
		New features introduced in this preview release include:

		o Support for local nested groups via winbindd.
		o Specifying options to be passed directly to
		the CUPS libraries.


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		Changes
		#######

		Changes since 3.0.3pre1
		Changes since 3.0.3pre2
		-----------------------
		smb.conf changes
		----------------

		Parameter Name Action
		-------------- ------
		cups options New
		use cracklib Removed
		winbind nested groups New


		@@ -35,17 +49,69 @@ commits
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		o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
		* BUG 1139: Fix based on suggestion by jdev@panix.com.
		swap lookups for user and group - group will do an
		algorithmic lookup if it fails, user won't.
		* Make EA's lookups case independent.
		* Fix SETPATHINFO in 'unix extensions' support.
		* Make 3.x pass the Samba 4.x RAW-SEARCH tests - except for
		the UNIX info levels, and the short case preserve names.


		o Andrew Bartlet <abartlet@samba.org>
		* Ensure 'net' honors the 'netbios name' in the smb.conf by
		default.
		* Support SMB signing on connections using only the LANMAN
		password and generate the correct the 'session key' for these
		connections.
		* Implement --required-membership-of=, an ntlm_auth option
		that restricts all authentication to members of this particular
		group.
		* Improve our fall back code for password changes.
		* Only send the ntlm_auth 'ntlm-server-1' helper client a '.'
		after the server had said something (such as an error).
		* Add 'ntlm-server-1' helper protocol to ntlm_auth.


		o Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>
		* Fix smbfs problem with Tree Disconnect issued before smbfs
		starts its work.


		o Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>
		* Ensure server schannel uses the auth level requested by the
		client.
		* Removed --with-cracklib option due to potential crash issue.
		* Fix -lcrypto linking problem with wbinfo.
		* BUG 761: allow printing parameter to set defaults on a per
		share basis.
		* Add 'cups options' parameter to allow raw printing without
		changing /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
		* BUG 1081, 1183: Added remove_duplicate_gids() to smbd and
		winbindd.
		* BUG 1246: Fix typo in Fedora /etc/init.d/winbind.


		o Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
		* Fix free of incremented pointer in cifsvfs mount helper.
		* Fix path canonicalization of the mount target path and help
		text display in the cifs mount helper.
		* Add missing guest mount option for mount.cifs.


		o Paul Green <paulg@samba.org>
		* Update VOS _POSIX_C_SOURCE macro to 200112L.
		* Fix bug in configure.ion by moving the first use of
		AC_CHECK_HEADERS so it is always executed.
		* Fix configure.in to only use $BLDSHARED to select whether to
		build static or shared libraries.

		o Pat Haywarrd <Pat.Hayward@propero.net>
		* Make the session_users list dynamic (max of 128K).


		o Cal Heldenbrand <calzplace@yahoo.com>
		* Fix for for 'pam_smbpass migrate' functionality.


		o Krischan Jodies <kj@sernet.de>
		@@ -54,12 +120,49 @@ o Krischan Jodies <kj@sernet.de>

		o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
		* Add support in winbindd for expanding nested local groups.
		* Fix memleak in winbindd.
		* Fix msdfs proxy.
		* Don't list domain groups from BUILTIN.
		* Fix memleak in policy handle utility functions.
		* Decrease winbindd startup time by only contacting trusted
		domains as necessary.
		* Allow winbindd to ask the DC for its domain for a trusted
		DC.
		* Fix Netscape DS schema based on comments from
		<thomas.mueller@christ-wasser.de>.


		o Jianliang Lu <j.lu@tiesse.com>
		* Don't force an upper case domain name in the ntlmssp code.


		o Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com>
		* Remove modifyTimestamp from list of our attributes.
		* Fix lsalookupnames to check for domain users as well as local
		users.
		* Merge struct uuid replacement for GUID from trunk.
		* BUG 1208: Finish support for handling expired tickets in
		winbindd (in conjunction with Guenther Deschner <gd@suse.de>).


		o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
		* Implement new VERSION schema based on subversion revision
		numbers.


		o James Peach <jpeach@sgi.com>
		* Search IRIX ABI paths for libiconv. Based on initial fix from
		Jason Mader.


		o Kurt Pfeifle <kpfeifle@danka.de>
		* Add example shell script for migrating drivers and printers
		from a Windows print server to a Samba print server using
		smbclient/rpcclient (examples/printing/VamireDriversFunctions).


		o Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@samba.org>
		* Add support for printing out the MAC address on nmblookup.


		o Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>