marshall@wheatley:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

marshall@wheatley:~$ ls -la share
total 12
drwxrwxrwx 2 marshall marshall 4096 Jul 25 21:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 marshall marshall 4096 Jul 25 21:51 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marshall marshall    9 Jul 25 21:58 test.txt

marshall@wheatley:~$ sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
--WHOLE MESS OF STUFF OMITTED--
[share]
comment = mpf
path = /home/marshall/share
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes