[lug] Samba problem

[Hugh Brown]

sounds like there may be an allow line in your /etc/smb.conf that isn't
set to allow traffic from outside

also check /etc/hosts.(deny|allow)

Hugh

On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 16:28, Elyse Grasso wrote:
> 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
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