[Samba] Is Samba useful in an all-Linux environment?

[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 03:55:34PM -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Eero Volotinen<eero.volotinen at iki.fi> wrote:
> > Steve Litt kirjoitti:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> This isn't meant to be a troll. It's a legitimate question asked because I
> >> haven't done much with Samba for 9 years.
> >>
> >> Is there anything Samba can contribute to an all-Linux environment with no
> >> Windows or Mac computers?
> >
> > Well, atleast it is more secure than nfsv3 ?
> >
> 
> That along with better performance and also better handling of
> disconnections are a couple of reasons to use samba/cifs over nfs3.

Plus if Steve French or Jeff ever write the client code
for CIFSFS it has transport encryption built into the
UNIX extensions (krb5 or NTLMv2 keying).

Jeremy.