Did you make sure that iptables or ipchains isn't blocking access from the
Windows boxes? The first line of step 10 says "Is there a firewall running
on the Samba server? Note that this happens more often than not! ;-)". The
default setup of RH8 will block SMB.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Bruce Faulkner" <bruce@faulkner.ws>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:38:15 -0600
>Richard, Ralph:
>
> I'm having this very same problem and have been now for a couple of
>months, ever since I purchased Redhat 8.0 Pro and installed it. I have two
>samba boxes on two different networks. One of them at work and is:
>Win2000pro
>RedHat Linux 8.0
>Samba 2.2.5
>the other at home and is:
>Win95B
>RedHat Linux 8.0
>Samba 2.2.8
>
>Both of the computers on both networks are on the inside of the firewall.
>On the Win95 system I unplugged the router (firewall) from the hub in case
>it had some influence but it didn't help.
>
>I've tried different samba config files, even the one from the
Unofficial
>Samba Web Site and one from a friend that is successfully running samba. On
>the Unofficial Samba Web Site they have a trouble shooting section. All of
>the tests pass up through the first half of step six. The second half of
>step six does not work and the second half of step seven doesn't work.
The
>first half of step seven does work. I haven't tried any further steps.
I
>can connect to and view files on the Win95 computer from the Linux computer.
>They don't offer any solutions if any steps in the troubleshooting
doesn't
>pass.
>
>I hope someone has the answers for both of us.
>
>Bruce Faulkner
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "richard" <rcoates@bigpond.net.au>
>To: "Ralph Bard" <ralph@willowtec.com>
>Cc: <samba@lists.samba.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 3:04 AM
>Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: samba not working
>
>
>> don't forget built in Xp firewall?
>>
>> On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 02:17, Ralph Bard wrote:
>> > I'm having exactly the same problem and I've tried from
W2K Server as
>well
>> > as XP Pro. Samba is 2.2.8a on RedHat 8. From the windows side you
can
>run
>> > "nbtstat -A ipaddr" and doing so against the windows
machine works. It
>comes
>> > back with "host not found" when pointed at the linux box
but it's
>pingable,
>> > telnet, ftp etc, everything I've turned on is there. This
message is
>> > supposed to indicate there is something blocking the port(s)
137-139 but
>> > nothing is behind a firewall.
>> >
>> > I could not find swat and other basic utilities from the RH8
default smb
>> > installation, so I downloaded and rebuilt samba. Everything is
there,
>swat
>> > fires up and makes changes properly etc but no change from the
windows
>side.
>> > I'm completely at a loss now - the machine shows up on the
browser list
>but
>> > won't open to show any shares.
>> >
>> > -Ralph
>> >
>> >
>> > "blaschke" <blaschke@wisd.net> wrote in message
>> > news:1050031265.3e9634a117a09@www.wisd.net...
>> > > I have been trying for a while to get samba operational from
the
>network
>> > > neighborhood side of things.
>> > >
>> > > I can use the command line interface from within my linux box
and I
>can
>> > > access
>> > > the shares, but when I try it through network neighborhood,
it tells
>me
>> > > network path not found.
>> > >
>> > > Any clues?
>> > >
>> > > I am running redhat linux 7.3 and samba version 2.2.8
>> > >
>> > > James B.
>> > >
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