On 29 Jul 2005 at 12:55, Jens Knoell wrote: > On Fri, July 29, 2005 12:33 pm, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > I guess the next question is how do I add a rule for smb and nmb or > > can I just turn it off to confirm that this is the source of the > > problem? > > Firewall rules are set in the "setup" program in your distro, if I > recall correctly. To check if the firewall is indeed the culprit, try > this: /usr/sbin/iptables -F > > That will wipe the firewall temporarily, not including the NAT and > mangle tables (in case your box works as a gateway). To clean the NAT > and mangle tables too, use these: /usr/sbin/iptables -t nat -F > /usr/sbin/iptables -t mangle -F Well something has changed as I seem to be getting through; [root@proxima ~]# smbclient -L polaris Password: session setup failed: NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO This looks like the samba server isn't communicting with the PDC. so then; >net rpc join mydomain -U administrator%password Joined domain SPL. >[root@proxima ~]# smbclient -L polaris Password: session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE A better error. The windows client can finally see it. Thanx Jens & Scott. I guess I'll have to rtfm to configure the iptables or turn them off. Dp. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
