Samba problem

[Nabeel Moidu]

On 11/1/07, John Nichel <john at kegworks.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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



Exactly. Typically these ports are filtered out by most firewalls/router
ACLs between networks because they are vulnerable to attacks. You'll have to
talk with your network admin and get these ports opened on the firewalls in
between your servers.


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Thanks and Regards
Nabeel Moidu
Doha, Qatar