I-Samba 4.2.0 inguqulo entsha ezinzile kusuka egatsheni leSamba 4.2 futhi ilungele ukulandwa futhi isetshenziswe. Indawo entsha ye-Samba ifaka ukuthuthuka nokulungiswa okuningi ngokuqhathaniswa nenguqulo yangaphambilini. Kulabo abangenantshisekelo kangako, i-Samba ukuqaliswa kwamahhala kwe-Microsoft Windows CIFS ifayela lokwabelana ngomthetho olandelwayo wezinhlelo ezifana ne-UNIX. A) Yebo, Amakhompyutha we-Linux, IMac OS X noma iyiphi enye i- * nix, ingasebenza njengamaseva asebenzisana nemishini namanethiwekhi weWindows.
Isoftware yamahhala iSamba 4.2.0 ibilokhu Ikhishwe ngoMashi 4, 2015 futhi onjiniyela sebevele basebenza kunguqulo elandelayo yesilingo esizokwazi ukuyijabulela ngokuzayo. Futhi elinye iqiniso okufanele likhunjulwe ukuthi izinhlobo zakudala zeSamba 3 zizoshiywa ukuze zigxile kuzinguqulo zakamuva.
Phakathi kwezici ezintsha zeSamba 4.2.0 kufaka phakathi ukuthi kungenzeka ukucindezelwa kwefayela okusobala kuma-Btrfs, kungeza imodyuli yeSnapper VFS, ukuthuthukiswa kokuphepha nokusetshenziswa, I-Winbindd isebenzisa i-Samba AD DC ngokuzenzakalela, izici ezintsha ku-SMB2 protocol, i-DCERPC ukuthola ukuhlaselwa kwe- "man in the middle", ukusekelwa kokuhlanganiswa, nokunye okukhulu njll.
Uma unesifiso sokwazi okwengeziwe, ungafinyelela ifayela le- iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yephrojekthi.