Among the highlights of Samba 4.2, we can mention transparent file compression, previous file versions with Snapper, Winbindd and Netlogon improvements, Winbindd support for Samba AD DC, secured connection support for Winbind, larger IO sizes for SMB2/3 by default, better “net idmap” command, as well as SMB2 leases.
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