Hi,
I would like to release 1.16.1 tomorrow. There is one open ticket still in the milestone,
but there is just a minor question in the PR (
https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/528) and
even if we can’t merge that PR by tomorrow, I think the ticket should not be blocking the
release. Is everyone OK with that?
Below please see a draft of the release notes. Comments are welcome.
SSSD 1.16.1
===========
Highlights
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New Features
^^^^^^^^^^^^
* A new option ``auto_private_groups`` was added. If this option is
enabled, SSSD will automatically create user private groups based on
user's UID number. The GID number is ignored in this case. Please
see
https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/auto_private_groups.html
for more details on the feature.
* The SSSD smart card integration now supports a special type of PAM
conversation implemented by GDM which allows the user to select the
appropriate smrt card certificate in GDM. Please refer to
https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/smartcard_multiple_certifi...
for more details about this feature.
* A new API for accessing user and group information was added. This API
is similar to the tradiional Name Service Switch API, but allows
the consumer to talk to SSSD directly as well as to fine-tune
the query with e.g. how cache should be evaluated. Please see
https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/enhanced_nss_api.html
for more information on the new API.
* The ``sssctl`` command line tool gained a new command ``access-report``,
which can generate who can access the client machine. Currently only generating
the report on an IPA client based on HBAC rules is supported. Please see
https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/attestation_report.html
for more information about this new feature.
* The ``hostid`` provider was moved from the IPA specific code to the generic
LDAP code. This allows SSH host keys to be access by the generic LDAP provider
as well. See the ``ldap_host_*`` options in the ``sssd-ldap`` manual page
for more details.
* Setting the ``memcache_timeout`` option to 0 disabled creating the
memory cache files altogether. This can be useful in cases there is a
bug in the memory cache that needs working around.
Performance enhancements
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* Several internal changes to how objects are stored in the cache improve
SSSD performance in environments with large number of objects of the same
type (e.g. many users, many groups). In particular, several useless indexes
were removed and the most common object types no longer use the indexed
``objectClass`` attribute, but use unindexed ``objectCategory`` instead
(#3503)
* In setups with ``id_provider=ad`` that use POSIX attributes which
are replicated to the Global Catalog, SSSD uses the Global Catalog to
determine which domain should be contacted for a by-ID lookup instead
of iterating over all domains. More details about this feature can
be found at
https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/uid_negative_global_catalo...
Notable bug fixes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* A crash in ``sssd_nss`` that might have happened if a list of domains
was refreshed while a NSS lookup using this request was fixed (#3551)
* A potential crash in ``sssd_nss`` during netgroup lookup in case the
netgroup object kept in memory was already freed (#3523)
* Fixed a potential crash of ``sssd_be`` with two concurrent sudo refreshes
in case one of them failed (#3562)
* A memory growth issue in ``sssd_nss`` that occured when an entry was
removed from the memory cache was fixed (#3588)
* Two potential memory growth issues in the ``sssd_be`` process that could
have hit configurations with ``id_provider=ad`` were fixed (#3639)
* The ``selinux_child`` process no longer crashes on a system where SSSD
is compiled with SELinux support, but at the same time, the SELinux policy
is not even installed on the machine (#3618)
* The memory cache consistency detection logic was fixed. This would prevent
printing false positive memory cache corruption messages (#3571)
* SSSD now remembers the last successfuly discovered AD site and use this
for DNS search to lookup a site and forest during the next lookup. This
prevents time outs in case SSSD was discovering the site using the global
list of DCs where some of the global DCs might be unreachable. (#3265)
* SSSD no longer starts the implicit file domain when configured with
``id_provider=proxy`` and ``proxy_lib_name=files``. This bug prevented
SSSD from being used in setups that combine identities from UNIX files
together with authentication against a remote source unless a files
domain was explicitly configured (#3590)
* The IPA provider can handle switching between different ID views better
(#3579)
* Previously, the IPA provider kept SSH public keys and certificates from
an ID view in its cache and returned them even if the public key or
certificate was then removed from the override (#3602, #3603)
* FleetCommander profiles coming from IPA are applied even if they are
assigned globally (to ``category: ALL``), previously, only profiles
assigned to a host or a hostgroup were applied (#3449)
* It is now possible to reset an expired password for users with 2FA
authentication enabled (#3585)
* A bug in the AD provider which could have resulted in built-in AD groups
being incorrectly cached was fixed (#3610)
* The SSSD watchdog can now cope better with time drifts (#3285)
* The ``nss_sss`` NSS module's return codes for invalid cases were fixed
* A bug in the LDAP provider that prevented setups with id_provider=proxy
and auth_provider=ldap with LDAP servers that do not allow anonymous
binds from working was fixed (#3451)
Packaging Changes
-----------------
* The FleetCommander desktop profile path now uses stricter permissions,
751 instead of 755 (#3621)
* A new option ``--logger`` was added to the ``sssd(8)`` binary. This option
obsoletes old options such as ``--debug-to-files``, although the old options
are kept for backwards compatibility.
Documentation Changes
---------------------
There are no notable documentation changes such as options changing default
values etc in this release.
Tickets Fixed
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Detailed Changelog
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