Samba Authentacation

[md5hash]

Hi, how can i share folders with/without authentication to windows/unix network?

thanks

[md5hash]

got it...

[dmizer]

i used the following howto as a model for all of my samba servers: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605

for a samba server without authentication, i use the following smb.conf configuration in place of the one given in the howto (everything else remains the same, except adding windows accounts):

[global]
; General server settings
netbios name = UBUNTU_HOSTNAME
server string =
workgroup = WINDOWS_WORKGROUP
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

passdb backend = tdbsam
security = share
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast

wins support = yes

printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS

syslog = 1
syslog only = yes

; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
;[homes]
;valid users = %S
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0755
;browseable = no
;read only = no
;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/

[MyFiles]
path = /media/samba/
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = UBUNTU_USERNAME
force group = UBUNTU_USERNAME

edit:
hah! i took too long to compose my post ;)