$ grep -i 'guest account' /etc/samba/smb.conf
; guest account = nobody
$ testparm -s --parameter-name='guest account'
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
nobody
$
So the guest account is set to nobody by default. Are you sure the
problem isn't that the username you're using on the Windows client
matches a username on the Ubuntu server?
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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[Hardy] public Samba SMB shares cannot be accessed anonymously from Windows XP
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216465
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