Ubuntu 9.10 – > 10.4 Samba configuration
No authentication required
4 read only shares
1 read and write
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = DAVE-PC security = share wins support = yes announce version = 5.0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 null passwords = true username map = /etc/samba/smbusers name resolve order = hosts wins bcast syslog = 3 syslog only = yes printing = cups printcap name = cups load printers = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no public = yes guest ok = yes writable = no printable = yes [Downloads] comment = ReadWrite path = /home/dave/Downloads writable = Yes guest only = Yes guest ok = Yes read only = no public = yes browsable = yes [Films] comment = ReadOnly path = /media/films/Films read only = Yes guest only = Yes [Series] comment = ReadOnly path = /media/series/Series read only = Yes guest only = Yes [Documentaries] comment = ReadOnly path = /media/series/Documentaries read only = Yes guest only = Yes [Mp3s] comment = ReadOnly path = /media/mp3s read only = Yes guest only = Yes