how to set up samba sharing folder

1. sudo apt-get install samba

2. configure in /etc/samba/smb.conf
 
   a) sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

   b) [global] or [Authentication] 

      security = user
     
   c)  create the sharing folder  (<=add to the end)
       
 [share_other]

     comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
     path = /srv/samba/share_other
     browsable = yes
     guest ok = yes
     read only = no
     create mask = 0755

[share_lei]

    path = /home/lei
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    read only = no
    create mask = 0755
    
[share_www]

    path = /var/www           
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes  
    read only = no  
    create mask = 0755


3. create the folder if not exist

   sudo mkdir -p /srv/samba/share_other   (<= -p: create the entire directory tree if it doesn't exist)
   
4. change the owner of the folder if you are not the owner of it 

   * sudo chown nobody.nogroup /srv/samba/share_other
   sudo chown lei.lei /srv/samba/share_other
   sudo chown lei.lei /var/www

5. sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart