On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 13:16 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Message: 13 > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:03:04 -0400 > From: Temlakos <temlakos@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: FC4 Samba config... > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42BEDFC8.60303@xxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Markus Huber wrote: > > Joe wrote: > > > >> I have tried and tried and tried to get Samba to work to no avail. > I > >> have followed tutorial after tutorial and none seem to work for > me. > >> Here's the problem. I set up a samba share with pretty much the > >> default settings, but I change the auth to share. I have a laptop > >> with XP on it and my desktop is a conglomeration of XP, Gentoo, and > >> FC4. I can provide my smb.conf file if that is needed. The > problem I > >> have doesnt seem to be with the Samba but with the XP computer. I > >> click on the Computer in Network neighborhood to access the shared > >> files, but a dialog box pops up saying that my linux computer is > >> either not available or I do not have sufficeint auth to access > it. > >> Anybody have some answers. If I need to supply some more > information > >> I can... > >> > > > > You might have to set firewall rules. Have you tried to access your > > samba share having the firewall on FC4 switched off? This would test > if > > you need to set it. > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Actually, you need to open the following ports as destination ports > to > your system or network: > > udp port 137 > tcp port 139 > tcp port 445 > > If you're using a router, you might /also/ have to open those three > ports as /source/ ports as well. That might seem redundant, but I've > had > my router route traffic to/from these ports through other ports. I > checked this out with ethereal. > > Anyway: clear traffic through those ports to/from your > system/network, > and samba will connect without worry. > > Temlakos > Can you be more specific about opening these ports through the router? Do you do a route add for the network? Jay Scherrer
