[lug] Netstat (newbie)

[Jeffrey B. Siegal]

Michael Deck wrote:
> Every once in a while, following these flame-wars teaches me something. I went right in and did a netstat -an and there is a listener whose IP address I don't recognize. What does this mean? There are several relevant entries:

I'm not sure about the IP addresses, but from the ports I'm almost
certain you are running a samba server.  Whether or not this is what you
want is up to you.  (Of course, if we're talking about a firewall, you
almost certainly *don't* want it.)