ubuntu samba, windows network - username password issues

[Brian McKee]

On 29/06/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently, with a lot of fiddling/searching forums etc., managed to
> get my windows xp and ubuntu 7.04 computers to communicate with each other
> over a network.
> Both computers can open each other's shared folders/directories, with the
> expected read/write access permissions.
>
> My only question is this:
> Connecting to my ubuntu computer from windows requires the samba user name
> and password that I set up with smbpasswd.
> Is there any way to access Ubuntu shares without this password? -since I use
> these computers at home, I really don't need the protection of having a
> password, and it's just an extra annoyance to type it in.



Just what you are looking for

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/26/how-to-build-a-dirt-easy-home-nas-server-using-samba/

HTH
Brian