I don't think that Samba the server would be a great idea in the Maemo
environment. It introduces a security risk when the device is roaming -
you would be sharing your files with whoever happened to be in the
cybercafe/truck stop/library/* when you connected.
Also, since Samba is just a user-space app, there is little reason a
user who wants to add it cannot do so.
However, I *would* like to see the CIFS/SMB file system modules be a
standard part of the released kernels, and would like to suggest that
support for finding servers on the local network be added to the file
manager, just as Bluetooth and UPnP shared media is now (in the N800
release, anyway). Let's face it - most N800 owners will have Windows
PCs: if the N800 can find those machines and access shared media on them
it would go a long way to making the Maemo platform much more useful for
many people.
Of course, I'd also like to see NFS and Novell-over-IP clients in the
kernel, and support for discovery of them added as well, as that would
really Maemo shine in a corporate environment (along with a mail client
THAT SUPPORTS IMAP SUBFOLDERS AND LDAP!, but that's off-topic.)
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