samba sharing

[Errol Sapir]

Hi All
Before I pose my problem with Samba I would like to show/point out a 
strange/funny activity on the Kubuntu forum site.
The site is:
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/content.php?s=85a01516a6f19daf6d1150b684d239d4

On the right hand side is a column. In the fourth article in that column 
is the title "upgrading. Next to that word there is an "ant" or some 
black insect running around. In the beginning I thought it was my screen 
but I checked this out on another computer and saw the same "insect". 
If it was a bug I report it to bugzilla but it is only an insect :)

Now for my Samba problem. I want to share photos with other people in my 
family who use Windows. They are all in the same workgroup. The photos I 
want to share are on a separate disk to my Kubuntu installation but are 
totally visible on my computer. The photos I want to share have been 
copied to a folder called "public". All the members of my family "see" 
my computer but are asked for a user name and password. When trying all 
known user nams and passwords nothing happens. They cannot see the 
folder I try to share.
I have tried endless configurations that I saw on the internet or in 
youtube but nothing helps. Is there a howto to solve this problem for me 
using Kubuntu. Most of the other suggestions are for Ubuntu.
By the way I can see shared files from the windows computers. They 
cannot see my shares.
TIA
Errol