1 Preliminary Note

 net config workstation

run as root

 sudo -s

2 Anonymous Samba sharing Samba is available in the Ubuntu repositories. The first step is to install the Samba Server and its dependencies with apt.

apt-get install -y samba samba-common python-glade2 system-config-samba

To configure samba, edit the file /etc/samba/smb.conf. I will use nano as editor and make a backup of the original file before I start to change it. The backup file is named /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak

 cp -pf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak
cat /dev/null  > /etc/samba/smb.conf

Open the Samba configuration file with nano:

 nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

And add the following lines.

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server %v
netbios name = ubuntu
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no

#============================ Share Definitions ============================== 

[Anonymous]
path = /samba/anonymous
browsable =yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
force user = nobody

Then I’ll create a directory for the anonymous share.

 mkdir -p /samba/anonymous

Set the correct permissions.

 chmod -R 0775 /samba/anonymous
chown -R nobody:nogroup /samba/anonymous

And restart Samba to apply the new configuration.

 service smbd restart

Now you can access