Fresh Debian install (no GUI) to use for Apache, PHP and MySQL. All I need is read and write permission to Apache's www folder from XP Home computers without having to enter a user/pass for access.

Samba gives me access to the folder and I can open the files, but I can't save files to it. That gives me this error:

File operation failed.
\\Debian\Apache\index.html
Access is denied.

My Samba config file is unchanged from install aside from this stuff I've seen in various tutorials and added:

[global]
security = share
guest account = nobody
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24

[Apache]
comment = Apache folder
path = /var/www
read only = no
guest ok = yes
public = yes
browsable = yes

Again, I'm able to access the files on Debian using WinXP Home, but I don't have write access.

What are the permissions on Apache directory itself?

The directory you want to share not only must be be specified in smb.conf, it must also be set to be shared in the directory permissions.

Thanks! The tutorials I read didn't exactly make it clear that I had to do this.

chmod -R 0777 /var/www

That allows folder access, read and save files from the XP machine.

Cool. (Experience is a great teacher.)