[lug] Samba problem

[Elyse Grasso]

On Wednesday 16 January 2002 10:55 am, you wrote:
> >>>>> "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.

The smbclient on each machine is able to talk to its own server, as well as 
to beast. Turning off the firewall temporarily on both machines has no effect 
on the symptoms.

Elyse