Bastille firewall and samba

[Pearl Louis]

Hi!

I'm not trying to connect from a Windows box.  I am trying to connect
from my Linux box to other Windows boxes.  I am trying to use some
programs like LinNeighbourhood and Gnome Samba Browser to scan the
network so I can see what Window boxes have shares up.  However with my
firewall up none of these programs can see the Window boxes.  However
once I close my firewall they can.  I think that I shouldn't have to add
ports 137, 138, 139 to the firewall configuration file to allow myself
to connect *to* Windows boxes, however I thought it might be worth a
try.

Pearl

On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 16:36, Michael Still wrote:
> On 23 Feb 2002, Pearl Louis wrote:
> 
> > I've been trying to connect to some Windows computers using samba.
> > However my firewall (Bastille firewall) doesn't seem of mind to let me
> > do it.  The situation is I am trying to allow my computer to connect to
> > computers in a Windows workgroup whilst not necessarily letting them
> > connect to mine (as I have yet to work out how to set up a share
> > securely and I don't have the time right now).  I've added ports 137,138
> > and 139 to the line TCP_PUBLIC_SERVICES= in
> > /etc/Bastille/bastille-firewall.cfg but this doesn't seem to help.  The
> > only way I seem to be able to get this going is to turn off my firewall
> > entirely which is not so much a nuisance now but will be a problem later
> > when I try to set up my own shares.  Any help will be much appreciated!
> 
> I think more diagnostics are required... What error message do you get
> from the Windows boxen?
> 
> Mikal
> 
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n 614BC the viscount Wen of Chu had the tortoise consulted 
regarding the transfer of the capital to I.  The soothsayer replied:  
This transfer will be advantageous to the people, and fatal to 
the prince.  The viscount said:  If it would be advantageous to the 
people, it would so also for me.  For Heaven makes the princes for the
 people.  If my people would be happy, I would be also, 
whatever might happen to me personally...So having transferred his 
residence to I, the viscount died there in the fifth month of the same
year.  
The Sages said of him, that he understood how a prince should 
contemplate destiny.

The Tso-chuan, Narratives of Tso attributed to Tso Ch'iu-ming 
(written sometime in the 5th century BC)