Johnathan Bailes wrote:
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:45:33 +0000, Oded Hassidi <odedh13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi
How the hell can I access a Linux share through the Win2k system? Can it be done? Is it through SAMBA? If yes how?
I'm a newbie,
Thanks
By the way you can even do it all gui. Add the share with the gui samba config tool and then activate the services in the Services gui but here is the real gotcha all the way around with Samba:
http://fedoranews.org/tchung/samba/
Check this out though it is focused on sharing out a printer.
The part that is crucial is the iptables part.
You can easily with no issues and little hassle set samba up but you got leave a hole in the firewall or you are going to have no joy.
3. Configure iptables - Add following rules to your iptables to accept NETBIOS session service from Windows.
$ sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
$ sudo /sbin/service iptables restart
Johnathan,
I read somewhere on the web that other ports also need opening for Samba. The following rules exist in my firewall for that purpose:
-A INPUT -p udp -m udp -m multiport -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -d 192.168.0.3 -j ACCEPT --dports 137,138
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m multiport -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -d 192.168.0.3 -j ACCEPT --dports 139,445
-A INPUT -p udp -m udp -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -d 192.168.255.255 --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p udp -m multiport -d 192.168.0.3 -j DROP --dports 137,138
-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport -d 192.168.0.3 -j DROP --dports 139,445
Samba has worked without problem using those rules for some months now.
-- Chris Jones
