samba - Dec 2010 - Remote connection to Samba service doesn't work

Hi.
I've got a nasty problem with Samba. Basically, I can't connect to my
Samba service from a home laptop (running Windows 7). I guess that on
this side everything is fine, I'm using my corporate Samba shares via
VPN, I've been using Samba on my previous server and it was running
OK. I've asked my buddy living nearby to connect and it didn't work
for him, as well as for 15 other people across living my country. The
weirdest thing is, that there are actually people that are able to
connect. They were using both Windows XP and 7 and I can't really tell
why. I see their connections in logs, but I can't really tell a
difference between my and theirs setup.
I've tried to use default Debian Etch 2.x Samba, 3.x backports
version, compiled 3.x from sources, even reinstalled operating system
on the server. I've used default config, copied one from my previous
server, wrote it from stretch server times. Every single time it was
possible to connect locally (smbclient -L localhost). On the client
side, I've tried using default Windows 7 (and XP) smb/cifs
implementation and cygwin's smbclient.
My server ISP tells that they don't block anything and it's the first
time someone has reported problem like this. My iptables are clean at
the moment.
Currently I'm using v. 3.2.5 with default config with one share and
added user by smbpasswd.

revik:~# smbclient \\\\localhost\\test
Enter root's password:
Domain=[REVIK] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.5]
smb: \> ls
?. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D ? ? ? ?0 ?Fri Dec 31 13:57:25 2010
?.. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D ? ? ? ?0 ?Fri Dec 31 13:57:16 2010
?testfile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ?Fri Dec 31 13:57:25 2010

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?35201 blocks of size 8388608. 33290 blocks available
I don't really can think of any single idea how to make it work or
where the problem actually lies.
I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

Windows XP should work on the fly! Isn't it???
For Windows 7 you got to hack the registry. All entries HKLM.
You find the enties: google Windows 7 samba




On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:03:05 +0100, Mateusz Szymaniec <revan.pl at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi.
> I've got a nasty problem with Samba. Basically, I can't connect to
my
> Samba service from a home laptop (running Windows 7). I guess that on
> this side everything is fine, I'm using my corporate Samba shares via
> VPN, I've been using Samba on my previous server and it was running
> OK. I've asked my buddy living nearby to connect and it didn't work
> for him, as well as for 15 other people across living my country. The
> weirdest thing is, that there are actually people that are able to
> connect. They were using both Windows XP and 7 and I can't really tell
> why. I see their connections in logs, but I can't really tell a
> difference between my and theirs setup.
> I've tried to use default Debian Etch 2.x Samba, 3.x backports
> version, compiled 3.x from sources, even reinstalled operating system
> on the server. I've used default config, copied one from my previous
> server, wrote it from stretch server times. Every single time it was
> possible to connect locally (smbclient -L localhost). On the client
> side, I've tried using default Windows 7 (and XP) smb/cifs
> implementation and cygwin's smbclient.
> My server ISP tells that they don't block anything and it's the
first
> time someone has reported problem like this. My iptables are clean at
> the moment.
> Currently I'm using v. 3.2.5 with default config with one share and
> added user by smbpasswd.
> 
> revik:~# smbclient \\\\localhost\\test
> Enter root's password:
> Domain=[REVIK] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.5]
> smb: \> ls
> ?. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D ? ? ? ?0 ?Fri Dec 31 13:57:25
2010
> ?.. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D ? ? ? ?0 ?Fri Dec 31 13:57:16
2010
> ?testfile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ?Fri Dec 31 13:57:25
2010
> 
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?35201 blocks of size 8388608. 33290 blocks available
> I don't really can think of any single idea how to make it work or
> where the problem actually lies.
> I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

>
>>
>> No, it's not.
>> And as I've said I'm already using Samba shares from a two
different
>> servers on my Windows 7. I've already tried to change Windows
settings
>> via local policies and registry. No effect. Windows says it can't
find
>> the specified network name, smbclient on cygwin can't even open a
>> connection. Just like there's a magical firewall blocking just the
>> samba. There is no single log with my ip in it.
>> Is there any simple way to test the connection itself? By telnet or
>> sending just one packet, perhaps?
>> You can try the host yourself, it's "revik.one.pl", ip
88.198.15.203.
OK
prism# nbtscan -v 88.198.15.203
Doing NBT name scan for addresses from 88.198.15.203


NetBIOS Name Table for Host 88.198.15.203:

Incomplete packet, 227 bytes long.
Name             Service          Type
----------------------------------------
REVIK            <00>             UNIQUE
REVIK            <03>             UNIQUE
REVIK            <20>             UNIQUE
__MSBROWSE__  <01>              GROUP
WORKGROUP        <1d>             UNIQUE
WORKGROUP        <1e>              GROUP
WORKGROUP        <00>              GROUP

Adapter address: 00-00-00-00-00-00
----------------------------------------

I would probably lock that down if I were you.
>
>>
>>
>> Samba is currently up and running. Even a successful connection try
>> would tell something.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Daniel M?ller 
>> <mueller at tropenklinik.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Windows XP should work on the fly! Isn't it???
>>> For Windows 7 you got to hack the registry. All entries HKLM.
>>> You find the enties: google Windows 7 samba
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:03:05 +0100, Mateusz Szymaniec
>>> <revan.pl at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>> I've got a nasty problem with Samba. Basically, I can't
connect to my
>>>> Samba service from a home laptop (running Windows 7). I guess
that on
>>>> this side everything is fine, I'm using my corporate Samba
shares via
>>>> VPN, I've been using Samba on my previous server and it was
running
>>>> OK. I've asked my buddy living nearby to connect and it
didn't work
>>>> for him, as well as for 15 other people across living my
country. The
>>>> weirdest thing is, that there are actually people that are able
to
>>>> connect. They were using both Windows XP and 7 and I can't
really tell
>>>> why. I see their connections in logs, but I can't really
tell a
>>>> difference between my and theirs setup.
>>>> I've tried to use default Debian Etch 2.x Samba, 3.x
backports
>>>> version, compiled 3.x from sources, even reinstalled operating
system
>>>> on the server. I've used default config, copied one from my
previous
>>>> server, wrote it from stretch server times. Every single time
it was
>>>> possible to connect locally (smbclient -L localhost). On the
client
>>>> side, I've tried using default Windows 7 (and XP) smb/cifs
>>>> implementation and cygwin's smbclient.
>>>> My server ISP tells that they don't block anything and
it's the first
>>>> time someone has reported problem like this. My iptables are
clean at
>>>> the moment.
>>>> Currently I'm using v. 3.2.5 with default config with one
share and
>>>> added user by smbpasswd.
>>>>
>>>> revik:~# smbclient \\\\localhost\\test
>>>> Enter root's password:
>>>> Domain=[REVIK] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.5]
>>>> smb: \> ls
>>>>  .                                   D        0  Fri Dec 31
13:57:25
>>> 2010
>>>>
>>>>  ..                                  D        0  Fri Dec 31
13:57:16
>>> 2010
>>>>
>>>>  testfile                                     0  Fri Dec 31
13:57:25
>>> 2010
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                35201 blocks of size 8388608. 33290 blocks
available
>>>> I don't really can think of any single idea how to make it
work or
>>>> where the problem actually lies.
>>>> I'd appreciate any help, thanks.
>>>
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