Samba 4.23.5 released
The latest stable Samba release, version 4.23, has now landed. It marks another noteworthy point for developers tracking the project.
A couple of bugs related to the interface have been fixed. The New Spotlight feature might not have worked properly initially because a specific field wasn't set up correctly right away; that's sorted out. Then there was an issue with Winbind group lookups, which is also resolved now.
Gary Lockyer tackled another critical problem: his fix stops winbindd from crashing when it encounters a bad talloc magic value. This improvement is positive news because those crashes could have caused data troubles or system interruptions. If you're managing Samba setups that use Winbind, this update should feel more stable.
If things like Bind DLZ with newer DNS zones were getting fussy, Michael Tokarev has your back there too: he addressed an issue to smooth the process over for various configurations.
For anyone digging into these changes or wanting the latest code, it's all available here. That link covers signed tarballs and patch files using GnuPG. For details on this specific release, head over to Samba's history page online, where you'll find the full changelog.
