Fwd: [Samba] RHEL4 and samba

Margaret_Doll Margaret_Doll at brown.edu
Wed Dec 14 18:33:33 GMT 2005



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> From: Margaret_Doll <Margaret_Doll at brown.edu>
> Date: Wed Dec 14, 2005  1:09:24 PM US/Eastern
> To: samba <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Subject: [Samba] RHEL4 and samba
>
> I brought over the /etc/samba directory from a RHEL3 system to a RHEL4 
> system.
>
> I disable selinux in case there was a problem with a port being blocked
>
> iptables has port 139 and 445 enabled.
>
> I can see the server in the Windows Network Neighborhood but the user 
> cannot connect because they are unauthorized to attach from their 
> computer.
>
> Most of the test in the samba documentation work except.
>
> smbclient -L server -N
>
> shows  no computers, but does show the shares and
>
> SERVER		COMMENTS
>
> myserver		server comments
>
> Workgroup	Master
> -------------
>
> myworkgroup
> 2nd workgroup		master2
> 3rd workgroup		master3
>
>
> nmblookup -B myserver  __SAMBA__
> querying __SAMBA__ on correct ip address
> name_query failed to find name __SAMBA__
>
> nmblooup -M myworkgroup
> querying myworkgroup on mysubnet
> ip address of a client myworkgroup<1d>
>
> "netstat -a" show netbios-ns
>
> What do I have set up incorrectly?
>
>
> -- 
I found that from the computers I cannot attach to the server through
the network neighborhood.  I can, however,  log into the server
if I do a search on the computer.  So the server is not "announcing"
itself.

How do I fix this problem?  Is this a firewall problem?



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