[lug] Samba problem

[Tkil]

>>>>> "Elyse" == Elyse Grasso <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> writes:

Elyse> I have samba installed on 2 linux machines. The machines can
Elyse> ping each other, and smbclient works locally on each of
Elyse> them. smbclient from each of them can also access a third
Elyse> machine, an NT box, and they can transfer files back and forth
Elyse> to it.

Elyse> When I attempt to use smbclient between them in either
Elyse> direction the connection times out.

Dumb question: do you actually have the samba *server* running on
these two boxes?  smbclient is just that -- a client.  you need to
have the samba servers (smbd, and ... nmbd?) running on the linux
boxes before you can connect to the linux box from the NT box for
file/print sharing (or from the other linux box, with smbclient there)

Remember that "installed" doesn't necessarily imply "configured and
running properly".  In fact, this is a change that many distributions
made relatively recently -- RedHat used to run any installed services
at next reboot, but recent releases require the administrator to start
the services manually.

If you already have it running, then my apologies for stating the
obvious.  You can start looking at your logs to see if it's having
problems in the server, or check your firewall rules as Jafo
mentioned.

t.