Comment 14 for bug 48734

@Carroarmato0
Samba server in Ubuntu is not installed or enabled by default. This is also networking sharing, not simple local sharing via UNIX perms. Although Ubuntu lacks a real implementation of Samba that is a transparent config to the user, a network sharing filesystem is not really applicable here. A frontend that allows a user to share a folder in their homedir that is initially forbidden, is really what we need; its already there in the DEs as I mentioned, but not transparent to the user.

It is the responsibility of the DE and/or distro to provide a facility for a newbie-level user to easily allow sharing of a private folder.