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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Chuck Short
  • Date: 2010-01-29 06:16:15 UTC
  • mfrom: (0.27.9 upstream) (0.34.4 squeeze)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20100129061615-37hs6xqpsdhjq3ld
Tags: 2:3.4.5~dfsg-1ubuntu1
* Merge from debian testing.  Remaining changes:
  + debian/patches/VERSION.patch:
    - set SAMBA_VERSION_SUFFIX to Ubuntu.
  + debian/smb.conf:
    - Add "(Samba, Ubuntu)" to server string.
    - Comment out the default [homes] share, and add a comment about "valid users = %s"
      to show users how to restrict access to \\server\username to only username.
    - Set 'usershare allow guests', so that usershare admins are allowed to create
      public shares in additon to authenticated ones.
    - add map to guest = Bad user, maps bad username to gues access.
  + debian/samba-common.conf:
    - Do not change priority to high if dhclient3 is installed.
    - Use priority medium instead of high for the workgroup question.
  + debian/mksambapasswd.awk:
    - Do not add user with UID less than 1000 to smbpasswd.
  + debian/control: 
    - Make libswbclient0 replace/conflict with hardy's likewise-open.
    - Don't build against ctdb, since its not in main yet.
  + debian/rules:
    - Enable "native" PIE hardening.
    - Add BIND_NOW to maximize benefit of RELRO hardening.
  + Add ufw integration:
    - Created debian/samba.ufw.profile.
    - debian/rules, debian/samba.dirs, debian/samba.files: install
  + Add apoort hook:
    - Created debian/source_samba.py.
    - debian/rules, debian/samba.dirs, debian/samba-common-bin.files: install
  + debian/rules, debian/samba.if-up: allow "NetworkManager" as a recognized address
    family... it's obviously /not/ an address family, but it's what gets
    sent when using NM, so we'll cope for now.  (LP: #462169). Taken from karmic-proposed.
  + debian/control: Recommend keyutils for smbfs (LP: #493565)
  + Dropped patches:
    - debian/patches/security-CVE-2009-3297.patch: No longer needed
    - debian/patches/fix-too-many-open-files.patch: No longer needed

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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Preface</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 3.4.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba 3.4.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="prev" href="pr03.html" title="Foreword"><link rel="next" href="IntroSMB.html" title="Introduction"></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">Preface</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr03.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="IntroSMB.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="preface" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="TOSHpreface"></a>Preface</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="TOSHpreface.html#id2551195">Conventions Used</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
 
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The editors wish to thank you for your decision to purchase this book.
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The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide is the result of many years
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of accumulation of information, feedback, tips, hints, and happy solutions.
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The most recent electronic versions of this document can be found at
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.samba.org/" target="_top">http://www.samba.org/</a>
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on the &#8220;<span class="quote">Documentation</span>&#8221; page.
 
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on the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">Documentation</span>&#8221;</span> page.
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Updates, patches and corrections are most welcome. Please email your contributions
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to any one of the following:
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</p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><a class="ulink" href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org" target="_top">Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer@samba.org)</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="ulink" href="mailto:jht@samba.org" target="_top">John H. Terpstra (jht@samba.org)</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="ulink" href="mailto:jerry@samba.org" target="_top">Gerald (Jerry) Carter (jerry@samba.org)</a></td></tr></table><p>
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</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2551195"></a>Conventions Used</h2></div></div></div><p>
 
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    The following notation conventions are used throughout this book:
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        TOSHARG2 is used as an abbreviation for the book, &#8220;<span class="quote">The Official Samba-3
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        HOWTO and Reference Guide, Second Edition</span>&#8221; Editors: John H. Terpstra and Jelmer R. Vernooij,
 
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        TOSHARG2 is used as an abbreviation for the book, <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">The Official Samba-3
 
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        HOWTO and Reference Guide, Second Edition</span>&#8221;</span> Editors: John H. Terpstra and Jelmer R. Vernooij,
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        Publisher: Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0131882228.
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        S3bE2 is used as an abbreviation for the book, &#8220;<span class="quote">Samba-3 by Example, Second Edition</span>&#8221; 
 
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        S3bE2 is used as an abbreviation for the book, <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">Samba-3 by Example, Second Edition</span>&#8221;</span> 
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        Editors: John H. Terpstra, Publisher: Prentice Hall, ISBN: 013188221X.
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