I will try this one then. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael" <mutk@iprimus.com.au> To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:06 AM Subject: Re: Samba Blocked? (repost) > Joel Newkirk wrote: > > >On Tuesday 26 November 2002 09:30 pm, Dan Egli wrote: > > > > > >>that is correct. And I know for a fact that NetBIOS-ns is in the services > >>file because I've seen it, and I did try it both ways. Every time I try to > >>connect using //myserver/shared1 I get the following log lines: > >> > >> > > > >Very strange. the only packets caught here with --dport 137 are on lo with lo IP, then > >--sport 137 with 64.x.x.x on lo, and --sport 137 with local 192.x x.x on lo. It looks like the > >'real' --dport 137 packets get through (they're not listed here) but the machine tries to > >query itself on lo to resolve the names. shot in the dark, try: > > > >/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT > >/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT > > > >to let these through. I've only done minimal work with samba, so I don't know if this self-request > >is normal or not... > > > > > > I think it's due to smbd talking to nmbd via lo when it receives a bcast > ?? Something like that. > Something like this is generally needed anyway: > > iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT > iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT > > > Cheers, > Michael > > > >
