Basic Samba Config (smb.conf) for Windows 7 Guest sharing
This global section of the smb.conf, in my case, is the bare minimum to get started with simple guest/anonymous access to their Samba box to Windows 7 clients.
[global] netbios name = [server name here] workgroup = [workgroup name here] socket options = TCP_NODELAY guest account = nobody map to guest = Bad User smb passwd file = /var/etc/private/smbpasswd  #Not needed. I bet default value of smb passwd file would work also private dir = /var/etc/private #Same here. Default value should work. passdb backend = tdbsam idmap config * : backend = tdb idmap config * : range = 10000-39999