From 0025006eecd49c276023eaf369e8d86e8c204c37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Beale Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:14:06 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] WHATSNEW: Make it clearer how the AD database changes will affect users The release notes currently just have a brief mention of a new LDB pack format. They don't really cover how this change will actually affect AD users when upgrading (or more specifically downgrading) with v4.11. BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14057 RN: N/A (Updated the WHATSNEW) Signed-off-by: Tim Beale --- WHATSNEW.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index b07e9eb..a05c5ad 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ Samba 4.11 will be the next version of the Samba suite. UPGRADING ========= +AD Database compatibility +------------------------- + +Samba v4.11 has changed how the AD database is stored on disk. AD users should +not really be affected by this change when upgrading to v4.11. However, AD +users should be extremely careful if they need to downgrade from Samba v4.11 to +an older release. + +Samba v4.11 maintains database compatibility with older Samba releases. The +database will automatically get rewritten in the new v4.11 format when you +first start the upgraded samba executable. + +However, when downgrading from v4.11 you will need to manually downgrade the AD +database yourself. Note that you will need to do this step before you install +the downgraded Samba packages. For more details, see: +https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Downgrading_an_Active_Directory_DC + +When either upgrading or downgrading, users should also avoid making any +database modifications between installing the new Samba packages and starting +the samba executable. + +Note that when moving between major Samba releases in general, we recommend +that the AD DC is rejoined to the domain. Using this approach avoids the need +to explicitly downgrade the database manually. For more details, see: +https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Upgrading_a_Samba_AD_DC + SMB1 is disabled by default --------------------------- -- 2.7.4 From 44c1542c534b4587c1649cb7272505695e1c1bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Beale Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:35:23 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] WHATSNEW: Add link to 2012 Windows compatibility wiki page There's now a lot more info on the wiki on Windows 2012 compatibility, and how the schema is just a small part of overall compatibility. Link to this wiki page from the WHATSNEW, so users can read more about this. BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14057 Signed-off-by: Tim Beale --- WHATSNEW.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index a05c5ad..230781c 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ Samba's replication code has also been improved to handle replication with the 2012 schema (the core of this replication fix has also been backported to 4.9.11 and will be in a 4.10.x release). +For more about how the AD schema relates to overall Windows compatibility, +please read: +https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows_2012_Server_compatibility + GnuTLS 3.2 required ------------------- -- 2.7.4