Samba problem 2007-11-01 - By John Nichel
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Steven Buehler wrote:
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: redhat-list-bounces@(protected) [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@(protected)]
> On Behalf Of Nabeel Moidu
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:10 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Samba problem
>
> On 10/31/07, Steven Buehler <steve@(protected)> wrote:
>> I have a samba server setup on RHEL AS 5. I can access it
>> locally,
>> but not from a remote server. I have even turned off the firewall
>> altogether, but that didn't solve the problem. My samba is setup to allow
>> from any host and not deny from any host. The errors that I get from
>> remote
>> hosts is connection timeout. I can connect by other means, ftp, ssh, etc
>> from the other hosts, so at least I know that the physical server that
>> Samba
>> is on can be reached. I have tried connecting from windows servers and
>> from
>> Linux servers, but unless it is in my own local network of computers and
>> servers here, I can't connect. The other Linux and windows servers are
>> all
>> in different states (so of course, different networks).
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated
>> Thanks
>> Steve
>
>
> Try telnetting to ports 135 137 138 139 and 445 on the samba server from the
> remote server.
> It would give an idea if its a firewall problem or something else.
>
> -- ---- ----
> I can get to the ports from the local network, but not from a remote
> network. I have some other servers in different Data centers around the
> country. I turned on samba by "service smb start" and turned off the
> firewalls. The same thing happened with them. I was able to access them
> from the local networks, to that server, but not from remote networks.
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
Firewall may be off on the boxes running Samba, but routers between you
and the remote boxes may not be letting traffic through.
--
John C. Nichel IV
System Administrator
KegWorks
http://www.kegworks.com
716.362.9212 x16
john@(protected)
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