Samba 4.23.0rc1 is the first release candidate for Samba 4.23, designed for testing purposes only. It includes new features such as enabling SMB3 Unix Extensions by default, adding support for SMB3 over QUIC, modern write time update logic, the initial version of smb_prometheus_endpoint, samba-tool improvements, and smb.conf changes. Reporting bugs and development discussions can be found on the samba-technical mailing list or IRC channel. The source code can be downloaded from the Samba website.

Samba 4.23.0rc1 Available for Download

This is the first release candidate release of Samba 4.23.  This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only.  Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.

Samba 4.23 will be the next version of the Samba suite.

NEW FEATURES/CHANGES

Enable SMB3 Unix Extensions by default
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todo

Add support for SMB3 over QUIC
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todo

Modern write time update logic
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todo

Initial version of smb_prometheus_endpoint
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todo

samba-tool improvements
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todo

smb.conf changes

  Parameter Name                          Description     Default
  --------------                          -----------     -------
  smbd profiling share                    New             no
  client smb transports                   New             tcp, nbt
  server smb transports                   New             tcp, nbt
  winbind varlink service                 New             no

KNOWN ISSUES

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.23#Release_blocking_bugs

Reporting bugs & Development Discussion

Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by joining the #samba-technical:matrix.org matrix room, or #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.libera.chat

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/).

Download Details

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/rc/

The release notes are available online at:

https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.23.0rc1.WHATSNEW.txt

Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
( https://bugzilla.samba.org/)

                        --Enjoy
                        The Samba Team