Go2Linux posted a tutorial about sharing public files between Windows and Linux using Samba

There are a lot of ways to share files between Linux and Windows, one of them and maybe the fastest one is using python simple HTTP server, another one might be to use WinSCP client on the windows computers, but that require to give the Linux password to the Windows users, thus compromising the security. So, today we'll see how to make a simple samba share, so with no password needed, no account creation needed you'll be able to share files between Linux and Windows.

  How to share public files between windows and linux using samba and no password