Need help sharing my home directory so xp users can see it

[mdzwolf]

I just moved in to a new place and I would like to give me roommate access to my home folder so we can share files. How do I go about allowing him to log into my machine form windows and access everything in my home folder? I have been able to set up sharing where I can log in from xp and see my files but I want to give him an account to use to login and still see my files. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TDM21]

Go to System Prefrences > Sharing and check the box Windows Sharing. Give your roommate the address that shows up at the bottom and you two should be ready to go.

 

[mdzwolf]

One more quick question, my roommate isn't here this week so I can't test it but when they try to connect to my machine using the address that is listen the sharing preferences will they need to enter a username and password? Or will it just show my files? I don't want to have to give him my username and password to access my files from his windows system.