samba - May 2011 - [3.4.7] Right way to provide full access?

Hello

	I'd like to configure Samba on a test host running Ubuntu so that I
have full read/write access from XP to a sub-directory of the root
filesystem.

The host is located on a LAN behind a firewall, so security is not an
issue, ie. I'd like to configure Samba with no/minimal security.

Currently, I can read but can't write. Between /etc/passwd, smb.conf,
and access rights to the actual directory, I'm a bit confused about
how to configure things.

Here are the files:
================= /etc/passwd
...
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
================= /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = LINUX
server string = Samba Server %v
security = user
guest account = nobody
; logs in /var/log/samba/
log level = 3

[share]
comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
path = /usr/src
browsable = yes
;access will be permitted as the default guest user
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0755
available = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

================= ls -al /usr/
drwxr-xr-x  24 1003 users  4096 2011-05-06 13:10 src/
================
Thank you.

From: Gilles <gilles.ganault at free.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 17:16:26 +0200
> 	I'd like to configure Samba on a test host running Ubuntu so that I
> have full read/write access from XP to a sub-directory of the root
> filesystem.
(snip)
> ================= /etc/samba/smb.conf
> [global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> netbios name = LINUX
> server string = Samba Server %v
> security = user
> guest account = nobody
> ; logs in /var/log/samba/
> log level = 3
> 
> [share]
(snip)

set "map to guest = Bad User" in [global] section.
For detail or other values, look at smb.conf(5) or other documents.

---
TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com>

On Wed, 11 May 2011 00:33:39 +0900 (JST), TAKAHASHI Motonobu
<monyo at monyo.com> wrote:
>set "map to guest = Bad User" in [global] section.
>For detail or other values, look at smb.conf(5) or other documents.
Thanks but there are so many documents on the Net, a lot of them
wrong/outdated, that I was hopping someone could point me to one that
would show how to configure Samba/Linux for complete-access.

From: Gilles <gilles.ganault at free.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 17:40:54 +0200
> On Wed, 11 May 2011 00:33:39 +0900 (JST), TAKAHASHI Motonobu
> <monyo at monyo.com> wrote:
> >set "map to guest = Bad User" in [global] section.
> >For detail or other values, look at smb.conf(5) or other documents.
> 
> Thanks but there are so many documents on the Net, a lot of them
> wrong/outdated, that I was hopping someone could point me to one that
> would show how to configure Samba/Linux for complete-access.
How do you understand "a lot of them wrong/outdated"?

For example, below config may be essentially what you want:

---
[global]
  map to guest = bad user 

[share]
  path = /some/where
  writeable = yes
  guest ok = yes
---

But I strongly recommend that you understand what you are doing.

---
TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com>

On Wed, 11 May 2011 01:22:49 +0900 (JST), TAKAHASHI Motonobu
<monyo at monyo.com> wrote:
>For example, below config may be essentially what you want:
>
>---
>[global]
>  map to guest = bad user 
>
>[share]
>  path = /some/where
>  writeable = yes
>  guest ok = yes
>---
Thank you.