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How to create a read-only shared folder for Windows

Add a section like this at the end of /etc/samba/smb.conf: 

# A publicly accessible directory for all kinds of exports
[export]
        comment = All kinds of exports
        path = /export
        read only = yes
        guest ok = yes
        guest only = yes

By default other Linux machines will be able to access this share, but to make it accessible from Windows you must tweak the security option in smb.conf: 

 security = share

Make sure Samba service is running and listening on port 139. 

 netstat -ntl | grep 139/

Check on a Windows machine that the Samba share is visible 

 net view \\servername
 dir \\servername\export

To start Samba automatically at system boot (redhat): 

 chkconfig smb on
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