Edit the file
/usr/sbin/sambastart
remove everything out of it except the stop and start command.
open a root window and execute the command
Do that for each user you want to add, the user must also be a user on that machineCode:#smbpasswd -a <username>
you may add a password or no password to the user name "nobody"
Edit the file
/etc/samba/smb.conf
Add a section for the shared path
The above is just a sample, make sure the path is shared.Code:[scratch] comment = Marty's Scratch directory writeable = yes path = /scratch public = yes
Run samba
You should now see that machine from any windows machine.

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