Samba 4 Technology Preview Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday January 24, 2006 @11:42PM from the it-may-eat-your-cat dept.

daria42 writes "Samba creator Andrew Tridgell has officially released a technology preview of Samba 4 at the Linux.conf.au conference in New Zealand, ending a three-year wait for users. But wait before upgrading those servers. 'It may eat your cat,' says the Samba team in a statement, 'but is far more likely to choose to munch on your password database.'" From the article: "'Samba 4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join and domain logon operations with these clients,' the group said in a statement on its Web site, noting this feature was 'the main emphasis' for the new software."

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For true emulation.... by ehaggis · 2006-01-24 23:50 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Can it attract viruses? Does it come with a BSOD? Will it generate flamebait comments like this on Slashdot? Inquiring minds want to know.

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One ring to bind them - should probably have more fiber and less rings in their diet.
Re:What is this samba you speak of? by kylegordon · 2006-01-25 01:48 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You let unknown MAC addresses on your network? Oooh, let me come play...