Samba is an freeware open source tool that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.Samba can be run on a platform other than Microsoft Windows, for example: IBM System 390, OpenVMS, UNIX, Linux, and other operating systems.Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server. When correctly configured, it allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows file and print server.What\'s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]· BUG 6195: Don\'t let smbd child processes panic.· Add backend_requires_messaging() method to libsmbconf.· Add methods is_writeable() and wrapper smbconf_is_writeable() to libsmbconf.· Fall back to file backend when no valid backend was found.· Fix a memleak in dbwrap_rbt.· Provide transaction_start|commit|cancel fns for the registry tdb.· Speed up \"net conf drop\".· Speed up \"net conf import\".· Add transactions to the libsmbconf API.· Reduce memory usage of \"net conf import\".· Registry cleanup.· Fix handling of SAMBA_VERSION_VENDOR_PATCH.· Fix build of pam_winbind.so with static linking.· Tidy up some convert_string_internal error cases.· BUG 6186: Fix map readonly.· BUG 6195: Migrating from 3.0.x to 3.3.x can fail to update passdb.tdb correctly.· BUG 6196: Unable to serve files with colons to Linux CIFS/VFS client.· BUG 6224: nmbd waits 5 minutes at startup before checking if it needs to run elections.· Allow DFS client paths to work when POSIX pathnames have been selected.· Try and fix the build farm RAW-STREAMS errors.· Ensure files starting with multiple dots are hidden.· BUG 6102: NetQueryDisplayInformation could return wrong information.· BUG 6193: Avoid messing with sync_context in libnet_samsync_delta().· Fix notify_printer_status_byname.· Fix Coverity IDs 722, 762, 774, 775, 776.· Fix build on old Heimdal based systems.· Fix compile warning.· Use parentheses in if condition to make negation clear.· Add dirsort module.· BUG 6147: Fix detection of the GNU ld version.· BUG 6097: Fix smbd segfault.· BUG 6130: Don\'t crash in winbindd_rpc lookup_groupmem() on unmapped members.· BUG 6139: Add missing whitespace in mount.cifs error message.· Fix a malloc/talloc mismatch when cli_initialise() fails.· Fix a valgrind error.· Speed up \"net conf list\".· Add sorted subkey cache.· Use StrCaseCmp in the dirsort module.· Document the dirsort module.· Fix the build on HP/UX.· Disable dns_sd by default.· Add avahi detection to configure.· Add event avahi binding.· Use avahi to register _smb._tcp in smbd.· Fix two memleaks in the encryption code.· Fix a scary \"fill_share_mode_lock failed\" message.· BUG 6228: Fix SMBC_open_ctx failure due to path resolve failure doesn\'t set errno.· Don\'t use reserved words in smbconftort.· Fix smb signing for fragmented trans/trans2/nttrans requests.· Parse_packet can return NULL which is then dereferenced in match_mailslot_name.· Format the header check for netinet/ip.h more nicely.· Fix detection of netinet/ip.h on FreeBSD.· Missing break in conversion function prevents tdb password database update.