Here is an Ubuntu 6.10 Samba setup guide blatantly ripped from this blog. If you have more than one computer and a mixture of Linux and Windows, Samba is essential for sharing files and printers. Enjoy!

1. Install samba
   
sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
   

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2. Add a system user for samba
   
System > Administration > Users and Groups > Add User

Enter the username as samba
Enter the password

In the "User Priviliges" tab, deselect all.
In the "Advanced" tab, choose "/bin/false" as shell, and "users" as the Main Group.
   

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3. Add samba user
   
sudo smbpasswd -a samba

Enter the password desire
*This is the username and password that will be require when you are connecting to your ubuntu guest through windows box.
   

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4. Edit smbusers file
   
gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smbusers

Enter this in the file
samba = "network username"

Save the file and exit gedit

   

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5. Edit smb.conf configuration file
   
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.default
gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
   

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6. Change your workgroup name in smb.conf
   
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = YOUR_WORKGROUP_NAME
   

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7. Uncomment security section
   
; security = user

Change into

security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
   

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8. Add samba share
   
System > Administration > Shared Folders
Enter information for your desired shared
   

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9. Test configuration and restart samba
   
sudo testparm
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

That’s it!