Samba 3.2.1 Released with Enhanced Windows Server Support

Samba Team released the much awaited Samba 3.2.1 on August 5. It includes a bunch of bug patches for the version 3.2 released on July 1. In addition to IPv6 support (has anyone deployed IPv6 seriously and widely???), the release notes indicates a couple of important support items for interoperability with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008.

Some of the main features of this Samba version 3.2.1 has includes;

• Full support for Windows 2003 cross-forest, transitive trusts and one-way domain trusts.


• Support for Active Directory LDAP Signing policy.


• Support for establishing interdomain trust relationships with Windows 2008.


• Support for joining into Windows 2008 domains.