Samba 4.2.8 Available for Download

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                   Release Notes for Samba 4.2.8
                          February 2, 2016
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This is the latest stable release of Samba 4.2.


Changes since 4.2.7:
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o  Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
   * BUG 11647: s3:smbd: Fix a corner case of the symlink verification.


o  Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
   * BUG 11624: s3: libsmb: Correctly initialize the list head when keeping a
     list of primary followed by DFS connections.
   * BUG 11625: Reduce the memory footprint of empty string options.


o  Christian Ambach <ambi@samba.org>
   * BUG 11400: s3:smbd/oplock: Obey kernel oplock setting when releasing
     oplocks.


o  Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
   * BUG 11065: vfs_fruit: Fix renaming directories with open files.
   * BUG 11347: Fix MacOS finder error 36 when copying folder to Samba.
   * BUG 11466: Fix copying files with vfs_fruit when using vfs_streams_xattr
     without stream prefix and type suffix.
   * BUG 11645: smbd: make "hide dot files" option work with "store dos
     attributes = yes".
   * BUG 11684: s3:smbd: Ignore initial allocation size for directory creation.


o  Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
   * BUG 11639: lib/async_req: Do not install async_connect_send_test.


o  Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org>
   * BUG 11641: docs: Fix typos in man vfs_gpfs.


o  Uri Simchoni <uri@samba.org>
   * BUG 11682: smbcacls: Fix uninitialized variable.