*UPDATE* newer version security = share doesn't work use: security = user map to guest = Bad User ------------------- vi /etc/samba/smb.conf and set interfaces to lo and your local network interface. In my case: eth1. interfaces = lo eth1 bind interfaces only = true Now, it is time to smoothen samba default security by changing the security variable: security and make sure it is set to share instead of user and that guest account is enabled: security = share ... ... guest account = nobody Now, we can create a share to be accessible to guest users: [Guest Share] comment = Guest access share path = /path/to/dir/to/share browseable = yes read only = yes guest ok = yes You can now test that your configuration is good using testparm: $ testparm If everything is fine, it is time to reload samba service to have your new configuration taken into account: $ /etc/init.d/samba reload ------------------------------------------- disable printing add this to /etc/samba/smb.conf load printers = no printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = yes