samba - Feb 2002 - ipchains - major newbie trap

Just a quick word - I spent two days trying to get Samba to work.  The whole
problem was a lack of knowledge about ipchains (firewall).  It was part of
the RH7.1 install package, and the medium security setting stops all tcp and
udp traffic for a lot of ports, including those needed for NetBIOS (137-139)

It is pretty easy to fix, the IPCHAINS-HOWTO is a good and humorous read,
and by the end of it you will know what to do to open up the crucial ports.

I don't know where, and I don't know how, but somewhere in the diagnosis
check lists, this should be mentioned.

Thanks otherwise for a GREAT utility.

George Helmke

This problem has been discussed several times on this discussion board
in the last several months. Perhaps newbies (and oldies) should read
the archives of this list from time to time.

That said, being a newbie AND trying to put up samba is a big job.

Joel

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 08:30:18PM +0100, George Helmke
wrote:
> Just a quick word - I spent two days trying to get Samba to work.  The
whole
> problem was a lack of knowledge about ipchains (firewall).  It was part of
> the RH7.1 install package, and the medium security setting stops all tcp
and
> udp traffic for a lot of ports, including those needed for NetBIOS
(137-139)
> 
> It is pretty easy to fix, the IPCHAINS-HOWTO is a good and humorous read,
> and by the end of it you will know what to do to open up the crucial ports.
> 
> I don't know where, and I don't know how, but somewhere in the
diagnosis
> check lists, this should be mentioned.
>