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Samba 4.20.5 is the latest stable release in the Samba 4.20 series. It addresses issues such as "inherit permissions = yes" triggers, inaccurate FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES responses, samba-tool importing the default configuration file, and confusion over compound SMB2 queries. Additionally, new vfs_ceph modules have been introduced, and readlinkat crashes have been resolved.



Samba 4.20.5 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.20 release series.

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Changes since 4.20.4
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o  Ralph Boehme [slow@samba.org]
   * BUG 15695: "inherit permissions = yes" triggers assert() in
vfs_default
     when creating a stream.

o  David Disseldorp [ddiss@samba.org]
   * BUG 15699: Incorrect FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES response when
truncated.

o  Pavel Filipenský [pfilipensky@samba.org]
   * BUG 15698: samba-tool can not load the default configuration file.

o  Stefan Metzmacher [metze@samba.org]
   * BUG 15696: Compound SMB2 requests don't return
     NT_STATUS_NETWORK_SESSION_EXPIRED for all requests, confuses
     MacOSX clients.

o  Anoop C S [anoopcs@samba.org]
   * BUG 15686: Add new vfs_ceph module (based on low level API).

o  Shachar Sharon [ssharon@redhat.com]
   * BUG 15686: Add new vfs_ceph module (based on low level API).
   * BUG 15700: Crash when readlinkat fails.

o  Jones Syue [jonessyue@qnap.com]
   * BUG 15677: ntlm_auth make logs more consistent with length check.

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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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If you do report problems then please try to send high quality feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down the problem then you will probably be ignored.  All bug reports should be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla database ( https://bugzilla.samba.org/).

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Download Details
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The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620).  The source code can be downloaded from:

        https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/

The release notes are available online at:

        https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.20.5.html

Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
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                        --Enjoy
                        The Samba Team