On 11/1/07, John Nichel <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > Thanks > > Steve > > > > Firewall may be off on the boxes running Samba, but routers between you > and the remote boxes may not be letting traffic through. > > -- > John C. Nichel IV Exactly. Typically these ports are filtered out by most firewalls/router ACLs between networks because they are vulnerable to attacks. You'll have to talk with your network admin and get these ports opened on the firewalls in between your servers. -- Thanks and Regards Nabeel Moidu Doha, Qatar -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
