Editing Samba (software) (section)

==Early history==
[[Andrew Tridgell]] developed the first version of Samba Unix in December 1991 and January 1992, as a PhD student at the [[Australian National University]], using a [[packet sniffer]] to do [[:Category:Computer network analysis|network analysis]] of the protocol used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[Pathworks]] server software. It did not have a formal name at the time of the first releases, versions 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0, all from the first half of January 1992; Tridgell simply referred to it as "a Unix file server for Dos Pathworks." He understood that he had "in fact implemented the netbios protocol" at the time of version 1.0 and that "this software could be used with other PC clients."{{fact|date=April 2023}}

With a focus on [[interoperability]] with Microsoft's [[LAN Manager]], Tridgell released "netbios for unix", observer, version 1.5 in December 1993. This release was the first to include client-software as well as a server. Also, at this time GPL2 was chosen as license.{{fact|date=April 2023}}

Midway through the 1.5-series, the name was changed to ''smbserver''. However, Tridgell got a [[trademark]] notice from the company "Syntax", who sold a product named ''TotalNet Advanced Server'' and owned the trademark for "SMBserver". The name "Samba" was derived by running the Unix command [[grep]] through the [[Words (Unix)|system dictionary]] looking for words that contained the letters S, M, and B, in that order (i.e. {{code|2=bash|grep -i '^s.*m.*b' /usr/share/dict/words}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rxn.com/services/faq/smb/samba.history.txt |title=A bit of history and a bit of fun |access-date=28 May 2009 |date=27 June 1997 | author=Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815183730/http://www.rxn.com/services/faq/smb/samba.history.txt | archivedate=15 August 2020}}</ref>

Versions 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9 followed relatively quickly, with the latter being released in January 1995. Tridgell considers the adoption of [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]] in May 1996 to mark the birth of the Samba Team, though there had been contributions from other people, especially [[Jeremy Allison]], previously.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samba.org/samba/docs/10years.html|title=10 years of Samba!|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>

Version 2.0.0, released in January 1999, was a major release, support for authentication from Windows NT Primary Domain Controller, 64 bit filesystem support for very large files, and exposure of OPLOCKS to unix systems.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Version 2.2.0 released in April 2001.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}