Quoting Steven Buehler <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Nabeel Moidu > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:10 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Samba problem > > On 10/31/07, Steven Buehler <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I have a samba server setup on RHEL AS 5. I can access it > > locally, > > but not from a remote server. I have even turned off the firewall > > altogether, but that didn't solve the problem. My samba is setup to allow > > from any host and not deny from any host. The errors that I get from > > remote > > hosts is connection timeout. I can connect by other means, ftp, ssh, etc > > from the other hosts, so at least I know that the physical server that > > Samba > > is on can be reached. I have tried connecting from windows servers and > > from > > Linux servers, but unless it is in my own local network of computers and > > servers here, I can't connect. The other Linux and windows servers are > > all > > in different states (so of course, different networks). > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > Thanks > > Steve > > > Try telnetting to ports 135 137 138 139 and 445 on the samba server from the > remote server. > It would give an idea if its a firewall problem or something else. > > ------------ > I can get to the ports from the local network, but not from a remote > network. I have some other servers in different Data centers around the > country. I turned on samba by "service smb start" and turned off the > firewalls. The same thing happened with them. I was able to access them > from the local networks, to that server, but not from remote networks. Are these machines crossing the Internet or a private IP network? Some networks block Windows file sharing ports from the Internet so that a virus that spreads across Microsoft networking gets blocked from entering their network. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
