[Samba] samba ports blocked by isp

[Nathan Lutchansky]

Win2k and WinXP will automatically try to connect to port 445 in addition 
to port 139.  Earlier versions of Windows like NT, ME, 9x aren't able to 
use port 445 at all.

To use port 445 with smbd, you need to put an entry in /etc/inetd.conf 
that looks liks this:

microsoft-ds stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd smbd

Make sure the path is right, and *don't* use the -D flag!  Also, if you 
don't have microsoft-ds in your /etc/services, you'll need to add it as 
tcp/445.

If you don't have inetd, you probably have some replacement like xinetd or 
rlinetd, and you need to figure those out yourself.  :-)  -Nathan

On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 07:48:09AM -0500, Barry Smoke wrote:
> is there something special I need to make this work on both ends....
> or should this work by default?
> 
> On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 07:02, Nathan Lutchansky wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:55:56PM -0500, Gerald Carter wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Barry Smoke wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Is it possible to map a drive to a samba share over the internet,
> > > > through an isp that blocks the samba ports... I know with samba, I can
> > > > specify a port, but what about a windows client? Can I change what port
> > > > a windows machine looks to for samba/smb for a particular share only?
> > > 
> > > You really don;t want to do this.  It is **so** insecure.
> > 
> > Why is that?  As long as you're using encrypted passwords and you're not 
> > transferring sensitive data, what is insecure about it?
> > 
> > > Setup a VPN it is it necessary to share files using CIFS
> > > across the 'Net.
> > 
> > If the ISP only blocks ports 137-139, connecting on port 445 would work,
> > provided the client is a Win2k or WinXP box.  Works fine on Road Runner
> > here.  -Nathan
> > 
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