Thanks everyone who responded to this question. I have tested it, but still am unable to provide public access, either with or without a password. Perhaps I have set up something incorrectly. Allow me to present what's inside the smb.conf file... [global] workgroup = WOWCORP netbios name = SERVER server string = WOW corp server encrypt passwords = Yes obey pam restrictions = Yes pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*al l*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* unix password sync = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 os level = 70 dns proxy = No hosts allow = 192.168.10. 127. printing = lprng guest account = samba map to guest = Bad User [home] path = /home invalid users = root bin linux daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news uucp operator printable = no hide dot files = yes hide files = /.*/ admin user = eve writable = yes [public] comment = Public guest directory path = /home/shared/public public = yes writeable = yes browseable = yes printable = no guest ok = yes create mode = 0777 force create mode = 0777 force directory mode = 0777 security mask = 0777 hide dot files = yes hide files = /.*/ Etc. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html