One of my colics have trouble setting up samba for his linux server.
apt-get install samba smbfs
Edit the samba config file at /etc/samba/smb.conf
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = HOME
netbios name = SAMBA
server string = Samba Server %v
map to guest = Bad User
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
preferred master = No
local master = No
dns proxy = No
security = User
hosts allow = 127. XXX.XXX
interfaces = 127.0.0.1/8 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/16
bind interfaces only = yes
guest account = nobody
null passwords = no
username level = 6
#password level = 6
encrypt passwords = true
unix password sync = yes
domain master = no
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
# Share
[files]
path = /files/
valid users = SOMEUSERHERE
read only = No
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
useradd -c "NAME HERE" SOMEUSERHERE
smbpasswd -a SOMEUSERHERE
*Note that usually samba will not start if your config is wrong..
