I've recently installed Linux Mint and with it as host I installed Windows XP Professional as a client using VMware 6.5. Now I'm trying to network the 2 OS's together and am getting totally frustrated. I first set up the small office or home network.in Windows with the following characteristics:

Computer description: Virtual Computer
Computer_Name: Virtual_XP
Workgroup Name: Home

No Problem so far

Next I start setting up shares in Linux as root.
I right click on a folder and select "Sharing options"
Then I select "Share this folder", "Allow other people to write in this folder", and "Guest access (for people without a user account)and then select "Create Share".
In the next screen I see the message
"Nautilus needs to add permissions"
read permission by others
write permission by others
execute permission by others

with a button to add permissions automatically which I select.
The folder now appears in network but I cannot access it because I don;t have the proper permissions and when I go back to the permission page of the folder in Linux I see that the permissions have not been changed and I cannot change them manually. Now I get frustrated and cannot figure out what to do next. Can anybody help me?

Have you installed Samba Server, Samba common and Samba Client? Once installed, you will need to configure samba. Then it will share files.

Have a look at this tutorial.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...nd_running_NOW

I would suggest you install swat as well. That is the best tool to manage a samba server.