On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 22:50, Shawn Milo wrote: > I tried to connect to a network share using the Gnome "connect to > server" tool, > but I could not. I disabled the firewall, and all is working. > > I brought up the firewall tool under System Settings/Security level, and > there are > no options there to enable or disable anything other than www, ftp, ssh, > telnet, and > smtp. > > Do I just have to know, or find out, the port(s) used by smb? Is there > any way that, > when a server or a port tries to make a connection for the first time, I > can be prompted, > the way other firewalls work, such as ZoneAlarm? You will need the following: 137 UDP 138 UDP 139 TCP 445 TCP I don't know of any utility that will prompt you for access for Linux. A good place to look for port info is in the /etc/services file. Other than that I have used google to find info on this kind of stuff. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Caution: Keep out of reach of children.
