The installation process could ask some questions like "Do you want to require a username and password to be entered when accessing this computer's files over the network?" User if yes, and share if no. The "Shared Folders" applet should also allow you to change this EASILY.
-- the security parameter must be set to share, not user, in smb.conf - Smb/Gnome sharing broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs