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You can do this in Terminal;

Open Terminal and type;

cd /etc
sudo pico smb.conf
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You'll be prompted for the password.
You should see the following with the exception of the lines in bold which I added for my system so I could access all volumes on the Mac when in Win2K;
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[global]
  client code page = 437
  coding system = utf8
  guest account = unknown
  encrypt passwords = yes

[homes]
   comment = User Home Directories
   browseable = no
   read only = no
   create mode = 0750

[MyComputer Computer]
comment = Root level of HardDriveName
path = /
writable = yes

[volumes]
comment = CDs, disk images and network volumes
path = /Volumes
writable = yes

;[public]
;   path = /tmp
;   public = yes
;   only guest = yes 
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no

;[printers]
;   comment = All Printers
;   browseable = no
;   printable = yes
;   public = no
;   writable = no
;   create mode = 0700
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When done making your changes, hit Control-O to write changes to disk and press Return when prompted for a file name. The hit Control-X to quit pico and close the Terminal window.

thats it? i have to use the terminal to share a folder?! one more tally mark for OS X BLOWS! Windows, and Mac OS 9 let you share a folder with a GUI, so why can't OS X? God damn it. I don't just want a "public" folder, im not copying 5GB of files to another hard drive just to share them.

That's not an OSX thing, that's a unix thing.

There is a freeware?ithink app called sharepoints. Find it at versiontracker. Lets you share any folder.

And also to have access to any folder, log in as an administrator.