Cannot get a connection to VAX

[Boyce, Nick]

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Nick Boyce
EDS Southwest Solution Centre, Bristol, UK



-----Original Message-----
From: Boyce, Nick 
Sent: 22 November 2002 12:02
To: Samba VMS (samba-vms at lists.samba.org)
Cc: 'Holzinger Hans ZFP IE-A'
Subject: RE: Cannot get a connection to VAX


On 22nd.November.2002, Hans Holzinger wrote :

> there is a message in the Log-File LOG.SMB: 
> [2002/11/22 10:53:05, 0]
DSA1:[KITS.SAMBA-2_0_3.SOURCE.LIB]ACCESS.C;1:(252) 
>   Denied connection from pc3513.zfp.zf-group.de (10.70.1.131) 
> [2002/11/22 10:53:05, 1]
DSA1:[KITS.SAMBA-2_0_3.SOURCE.SMBD]PROCESS.C;1:(557) 
>   Connection denied from 10.70.1.131 

I believe this can only happen if you have configured network address based
access controls in your smb.conf - these controls are the ones implemented
by the "hosts allow" line in the [global] section.  What "hosts allow" line
do you have in your smb.conf ?

[There are other kinds of access control you can implement (such as username
access lists on individual shares), but I think you'd get a different
"Denied" message in the logs.]

Nick Boyce 
EDS Southwest Solution Centre, Bristol, UK