====== Samba ======

===== howto serve windows-style shares - Samba3 - CIFS =====

infos from: http://micheljansen.org/blog/entry/182

/etc/samba/smb.conf:

  [global]
  security                = user
  guest account           = nobody
  map to guest            = Bad User
  ..

public readable share:

  [share]
        comment = Public Share
        browsable = yes
        path = /public
        public = yes
        writable = no
        write list = your_username_with_write_access_here
        guest ok = yes

        
add guest user: 
  smbpasswd -an nobody

restart samba server:
  /etc/init.d/samba restart


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mount share example
  mount -t cifs //servername/share /mnt/share
  
if you get permission denied add: "-o guest"