This worked for me on Windows 7 when using CentOS 6.5.
http://rbgeek.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/how-to-install-samba-server-on-centos-6/
Slight changes to instructions..
- The workgroup will need to change based on yours specifically (set value in
/etc/samba/smb.conf
). - Use
\\192.168.x.x\
instead of\\centos
on Windows. - You'll need to create the folders
/samba
and/samba/share
and set permissions appropriately. - If your OS doesn't have nano (per the instructions), then install that before you begin...
yum install nano
- Run restart commands (2 of them) at the end twice, since the shutdown won't apply. Make sure you get OK on both.