Editing Samba (software) (section)

==Version history==
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!Date!!Version!!Description
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2003-09-23}}||{{version|o|3.0}}||Active Directory support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.0.html|title=Samba Team announces the first official release of Samba 3.0
|access-date=24 September 2003}}</ref> The 3.0.x series officially reached end-of-life on 5 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Release Planning for Samba 3.0 |url=https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.0 |access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2008-07-01}} <ref name="releaseplan_3.2">{{cite web |title=Release Planning for Samba 3.2 |url=https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.2 |access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>||{{version|o|3.2}}||It will be updated on an as-needed basis for security issues only.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-announce/2008/000145.html|title=[ANNOUNCE] Samba 3.2.0 Available for Download|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monday, April 28 - Samba Mashup Report |url=https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-announce/2008/000136.html |access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> There was a change of license from GPL2 to GPL3, with some parts released under LGPL3.<ref name="gpl2-to-gpl3">{{cite web |title=Samba Adopts GPLv3 for Future Releases |url=https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-announce/2007/000122.html |access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> The 3.2.x series officially reached [[End-of-life product|EOL]] 1 March 2010.<ref name="releaseplan_3.2" />
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2009-01-27}}||{{version|o|3.3}}||
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2009-07-03}}||{{version|o|3.4}}||This was the first release to include both Samba 3 and Samba 4 source code.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.4.0.html|title=Samba - Release Notes Archive|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2010-03-01}}||{{version|o|3.5}}||This was the first release to include experimental support for [[Server Message Block#SMB 2.0|SMB2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.0.html|title=Samba - Release Notes Archive|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2011-08-09}}||{{version|o|3.6}}|| This is the first branch which includes full support for SMB2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.0.html|title=Samba - Release Notes Archive|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2012-12-11}}||{{version|o|4.0}}||It is a major rewrite that enables Samba to be an Active Directory domain controller, participating fully in a Windows Active Directory Domain.  Its first technical preview (4.0.0TP1) was released in January 2006 after 3 years of development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/news/releases/4.0.0.html|title=Samba - opening windows to a wider world|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.samba.org/releases/4.0.0tp1/ |title=Samba 4.0.0TP1 Available for Download |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060722050801/http://news.samba.org/releases/4.0.0tp1/ |archive-date=22 July 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2013-10-10}}||{{version|o|4.1}}||support for [[Server Message Block#SMB 3.0|SMB3]]
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2015-03-04}}||{{version|o|4.2}}||[[Btrfs]] based file compression, snapshots and [[winbind]] integration<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.2.0.html|title=Samba - Release Notes Archive|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2015-09-08}}||{{version|o|4.3}}||New Logging features, SMB 3.1.1 support<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.3.0.html|title=Samba - Release Notes Archive|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2016-03-22}}||{{version|o|4.4}}|| Asynchronous flush requests<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.4.0.html|title=Samba - Release Notes Archive|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2016-09-07}}
|{{version|o|4.5}}
|NTLM v1 disabled by default, Virtual List View, Various performance improvements
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2017-03-07}}
|{{version|o|4.6}}
|Multi-process [[Netlogon]] support
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2017-09-21}}
|{{version|o|4.7}}
|Samba AD with MIT [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]]
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2018-03-13}}
|{{version|o|4.8}}
|Apple [[Time Machine (macOS)|Time Machine]] Support. Setups using 'domain' or 'ads' security modes now require 'winbindd' to be running.<ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Release Notes for Samba 4.8.0
 | date       = 13 March 2018
 | url        = https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.8.0.html
 | access-date = 2019-03-19}}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2018-09-13}}
|{{version|o|4.9}}
|Many changes<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.9.0.html | title=Samba 4.9.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2019-03-19}}
|{{version|o|4.10}}
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2019-09-17}}
|{{version|o|4.11}}
|SMB1 is disabled by default as a mitigation for the [[WannaCry ransomware attack|WannaCry]] vulnerability.
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2020-03-03}}
|{{version|o|4.12}}
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2020-09-22}}
|{{version|o|4.13}}
|Samba 4.13 raises the minimum version of Python to 3.6.
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2021-03-09}}
|{{version|o|4.14}}
|Major overhaul of VFS subsystem and more.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.14.0.html | title=Samba 4.14.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2021-09-20}}
|{{version|o|4.15}}
|Many changes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.15.0.html | title=Samba 4.15.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2022-03-21}}
|{{version|o|4.16}}
|Many changes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.0.html | title=Samba 4.16.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2022-09-13}}
|{{version|co|4.17}}
|Many changes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.17.0.html | title=Samba 4.17.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2023-03-8}}
|{{version|co|4.18}}
|Many changes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.18.0.html | title=Samba 4.18.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2023-09-4}}
|{{version|co|4.19}}
|Many changes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.0.html | title=Samba 4.19.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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|{{dts|format=dmy|2024-03-27}}
|{{version|c|4.20}}
|Many changes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.20.0.html | title=Samba 4.20.0 - Release Notes }}</ref>
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