It was about 3 am when I finally got this figured out Samba 2.0 running on NeXTstep/OpenStep so you can share files between your windows/linux computer and your NeXTstations. The smb.conf file is located on NeXTstep 3.3 in /usr/local/samba/lib. In OpenStep 4.2 its located in /usr/samba/lib. after you edit the config file just restart the smbd by going /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd* restart in NeXTstep 3.3. In OpenStep 4.2 use this command /usr/samba/bin/smbd* restart. Now due to apple's persistence to force upgrades, you wont be able to access the share's on your OS X 10.8 box, 10.6 works ok, 10.7 doesnt work. So your best bet is to use a VM to get files to and from your NeXTstation. Or access the shares from a linux box If you don't have samba on OpenStep or NeXTstep. Grab the files here http://nextftp.onionmixer.net/- HUGE NeXT archive with everything you can think of for NeXT/OpenStep 4.2 Here is the file below [global] workgroup = INSERT YOUR WORKGROUP NAME HERE netbios name = INSERT YOUR NAME HERE server string = INSERT YOUR NAME HERE security = share map to guest = nobody log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 # interfaces = 192.168.2.194/24 dns proxy = no [home] path = INSERT YOUR PATH TO YOUR DIRECTORIES HERE public = yes guest ok = yes writable = yes read only = no create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 force user = nobody force group = nobody [storage] path = INSERT YOUR PATH TO YOUR DIRECTORIES HERE public = yes guest ok = yes writable = yes read only = no create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 force user = nobody force group = nobody