Quoting Nabeel Moidu <nabeelmoidu@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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. You might also be able to tunnel these ports using ssh tunnels or possibly stunnel. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
