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Samba 3.0.4 and 2.2.9 Available for Download

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 10, 2004

[ Thanks to Gerald (Jerry)
Carter
for this link. ]

The latest patch release of the 3.0 code base, Samba 3.0.4, is
available for download in gzipped
format
.

The GPG
signature
is for the uncompressed tarball.

This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version
that production Samba servers should be running for all current
bug-fixes. There have been several issues fixed since the 3.0.3
release, the most visible of which is the problem with user
password changes after applying the Microsoft security hotfix
described in KB828741 to Windows NT 4.0/200x/XP clients. Please
refer to the Release
Notes
for descriptions of the exact changes and new
features.

Samba 2.2.9 is the latest stable release of the Samba 2.2 code
base. This is a maintenance release of Samba 2.2.8a to address the
problem with user password changes after applying the Microsoft
hotfix described in KB282741 to Windows NT 4.0/200x/XP clients. No
other changes have been applied since Samba 2.2.8a. There are no
further Samba 2.2.x releases planned at this time. Samba 2.2.9 can
be downloaded in in gzipped
format
.

The GPG
signature
is for the uncompressed tarball. The release
notes
are available on-line.

Pre-built packages of Samba 3.0.4 and 2.2.9 can be downloaded
from the Binary_Packages
directory on samba.org.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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