Samba problem

[Steven Buehler]

I will have to look into that.  The server that I really need to be able to
connect to this is a Windows 2003 server.

Thanks
Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Barry Brimer
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:00 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Samba problem
> 
> Quoting Nabeel Moidu <nabeelmoidu at gmail.com>:
> 
> > On 11/1/07, John Nichel <john at kegworks.com> 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.
> 
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