Add this to smb.conf: **** [usrshare] path=/usr/share/ guest ok = no browseable = yes **** Or as example for sharing usershares. This is generic shares which are found under each /home/username. For instance 'mschr' has folder Videos and on smbd ubuntu installation, find and edit '/var/lib/samba/usershares/videos' (Note: I don't know what is the format of "usershare_acl", but this particular string seems to be used widely.) **** #VERSION 2 path=/home/mschr/Videos comment= usershare_acl=S-1-1-0:F guest_ok=n sharename=MyVideos **** For any client now asking for shares, for instance smbtree will find: WORKGROUP \\ASUS \\ASUS\MyVideos \\ASUS\usrshare On client computer run from terminal **** sudo mkdir /mnt/rootowneddir/ sudo chown root:root /mnt/rootowneddir/ sudo chmod 775 /mnt/rootowneddir/ sudo mount -t cifs -o username=mschr,password=mscpass //ASUS/usrshare /mnt/rootowneddir sudo mkdir /mnt/mschrvideos sudo chown mschr:mschr /mnt/mschrvideos sudo mount -t cifs -o username=mschr,password=mscpass //ASUS/MyVideos /mnt/mschrvideos sudo mkdir /mnt/mschrXYZvideos sudo chown mschrXYZ:mschrXYZ /mnt/mschrXYZvideos sudo mount -t cifs -o username=mschrXYZ,password=mscpass //ASUS/MyVideos /mnt/mschrXYZvideos ****