Samba on a database server

Our app guys have built a small database app, which amongst other things, loads image files from a file system into the database - the intention being that these are files that users can drag/drop from their PC into this file system.

They've assumed that the files will be local to the database server, so I'm considering samba to expose a small f/s on the db server.

Our unix admin is resisting - quoting samba is a security risk, and that it opens our database server up to all sort of attack.

I don't really care whether we use samba or something else or whatever - but I've been asked to give an informed opinion, so I figured it would be to defer to anyone (on the list that is informed ... 'cos i'm not.

Are the risks legitimate ?

Cheers
Connor

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