Re: Samba issue - Newbie looking for some advice

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Hi,
Think this issue is due to the iptables running.
Iptables block access to ports 139. 

iptables -L -n will display the rules.
Or shutdown iptables and try.

anish 

 --- "Boyd, Ronnie" <Ronnie.Boyd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Hi folks
>  
> Wonder if anyone could advise me on a red
> hat/windows 2000 network issue? I have a single red
> hat 9 box, which has a directory I would like shared
> to 6 windows 2000 pro workstations.
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> >    Samba has been installed already.
>  
> >    When I testparm the smb.conf file, it passes
> ok.
>  
> >    If I search for the linux box via windows
> network neighborhood, it finds it quickly enough,
> and states that it is a samba server.
>  
> But I cannot access anything on the red hat box,
> nothing at all, the usual message is No network path
> found
>  
> When I try to map to a share i.e. net use l:
> \\LinuxServer\Share I also get this error message:
> No service is operating at the destination network
> endpoint on the remote system
>  
> I can't even net view redhat box
>  
> I know there are loads of samba trouble-shooting
> sites, as I've been to a whole bunch of them,. but
> none have helped so far.
>  
> On the linux box, if I run smbclient
> /root/files/alias it comes up with something like
> this:
>  
> Password:
> session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
>  
> Which I think means that samba is working ok on the
> box, but there is a user account issue somewhere.
> That doesn't bother me too much, I can search out a
> resolution for that.
>  
> But when I do this from a command line on my windows
> box: telnet redhatbox 139 it says that connection
> was refused. That means I think that samba is NOT
> working ok.
>  
> The smb.conf file is fairly simple, nothing fancy in
> it. There is an encrypt passwords = yes entry to
> suit the windows boxes
>  
> I have the necessary samba users, copied over from
> the existing linux user accounts using this: cat
> /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>  
> All I want to do is make a single folder on red hat
> box accesible by the windows 2000 boxes.
>  
> The samba service is started using service smb start
>  
> Any advice? 
>  
> Much appreciated
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> RB
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