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Is there an open implementation of a SMB/CIFS server in Java? The only implementation I can find at all is Alfresco's but it isn't open source.
A related question: assuming there is no such implementation, I'm surprised there isn't a library providing even a subset of SMB e.g. for simple file transfer. My intuition is that it wouldn't be massively difficult to implement a simple server (but of course would be very difficult to implement a complete solution like Samba). The fact that no one seems to have done it makes me suspicious that it is harder than I'd guess. Is there no implementation because it is difficult or because no one cares?
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A server has shared resources that typically uses the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol (Server Message Block) in the Windows machine.
JCIFS only supports SMB1 but Microsoft has deprecated SMB1 in their products. So if SMB1 is disabled on your network, JCIFS' file related operations will NOT work.
Project Summary. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides file and print services to all manner of SMB/CIFS clients, including the numerous versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems.
The name Samba comes from SMB (Server Message Block), the name of the proprietary protocol used by the Microsoft Windows network file system.
According to http://www.alfresco.com/media/releases/2007/10/jlan1007/ JLAN is available under the GPL from sourceforge.net/projects/alfresco/files/ -- scroll down to the JLAN section at the bottom.
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