RE: Samba on 7.1 not working :(

[Scott Stone <SStone@example.com>]

if the machine is showing up on network neighborhood, though, I wouldn't
think it was a port problem?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Kinichi [mailto:kitano@example.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:01 AM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: Samba on 7.1 not working :(



I'm tinkering with Redhat7.1 these days.

From: "Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jean_christian@example.com>
Subject: Re: Samba on 7.1 not working :(
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:15:58 -0000

> Thanks for the conf file but I don't think that's the problem. Mine is 
> simple and only contains the basics. I can even get a look at a share that

> is marked as public ...
> 
> My guesses so far a that it's a port problem (I doubt it because I can 
> actually see the server using the windows explorer), or more likely a 
> problem with user/password (i.e. I haven't configured the server properly
to 
> accept connections).

In Redhat7.1 (under some install options) all well-known ports are
closed by ipchains.  I wonder whether this also applies to Redhat7.

Check your /etc/sysconfig/ipchains. Rename this file temporally and
check whether ipchains is the culprit.

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