Re: Firewall and samba

Someone pointed out that I might be able to connect from Machine B to
Machine A by using the IP adress. This is true. So my problem becomes:

When I configure my firewall I can only connect to the samba server by using
the ip adress. When I try to use the name (e.g. "Desktop-PC") the call is
blocked. Does this have something to do with broadcasts? And how do they
work?

TIA


On 11/30/06, Scott J. Henson <scotth@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:

Rutger van Haasteren wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I using Ubuntu since Hoary, and I have never been able to set the
> firewall the right way wrt Samba. I'm in a local network behind a
> router/firewall, but I would still like some extra protection. When I
> use something like guarddog or firestarter to set up my firewall,
> everything works the way it should, except for windows file sharing:
samba.
> When I open the ports for samba, or I allow all connections from a
> certain host, I can use all services but samba.
> How is this possible? Doesn't make a difference if I make
the rules more
> specific.
>

I have a samba pdc running on dapper with shorewall. I have
the following rules marked as for making samba work.

ACCEPT net fw udp 137:139
ACCEPT net fw tcp 137,139,445
ACCEPT net fw udp 1024: 137


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