[Samba] Remote connection to Samba service doesn't work

[tms3 at tms3.com]

>
>>
>> No, it's not.
>> And as I've said I'm already using Samba shares from a two different
>> servers on my Windows 7. I've already tried to change Windows settings
>> via local policies and registry. No effect. Windows says it can't find
>> the specified network name, smbclient on cygwin can't even open a
>> connection. Just like there's a magical firewall blocking just the
>> samba. There is no single log with my ip in it.
>> Is there any simple way to test the connection itself? By telnet or
>> sending just one packet, perhaps?
>> You can try the host yourself, it's "revik.one.pl", ip 88.198.15.203.

OK
prism# nbtscan -v 88.198.15.203
Doing NBT name scan for addresses from 88.198.15.203


NetBIOS Name Table for Host 88.198.15.203:

Incomplete packet, 227 bytes long.
Name             Service          Type
----------------------------------------
REVIK            <00>             UNIQUE
REVIK            <03>             UNIQUE
REVIK            <20>             UNIQUE

__MSBROWSE__  <01>              GROUP
WORKGROUP        <1d>             UNIQUE
WORKGROUP        <1e>              GROUP
WORKGROUP        <00>              GROUP

Adapter address: 00-00-00-00-00-00
----------------------------------------

I would probably lock that down if I were you.
>
>>
>>
>> Samba is currently up and running. Even a successful connection try
>> would tell something.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Daniel Müller 
>> <mueller at tropenklinik.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Windows XP should work on the fly! Isn't it???
>>> For Windows 7 you got to hack the registry. All entries HKLM.
>>> You find the enties: google Windows 7 samba
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:03:05 +0100, Mateusz Szymaniec
>>> <revan.pl at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>> I've got a nasty problem with Samba. Basically, I can't connect to my
>>>> Samba service from a home laptop (running Windows 7). I guess that on
>>>> this side everything is fine, I'm using my corporate Samba shares via
>>>> VPN, I've been using Samba on my previous server and it was running
>>>> OK. I've asked my buddy living nearby to connect and it didn't work
>>>> for him, as well as for 15 other people across living my country. The
>>>> weirdest thing is, that there are actually people that are able to
>>>> connect. They were using both Windows XP and 7 and I can't really tell
>>>> why. I see their connections in logs, but I can't really tell a
>>>> difference between my and theirs setup.
>>>> I've tried to use default Debian Etch 2.x Samba, 3.x backports
>>>> version, compiled 3.x from sources, even reinstalled operating system
>>>> on the server. I've used default config, copied one from my previous
>>>> server, wrote it from stretch server times. Every single time it was
>>>> possible to connect locally (smbclient -L localhost). On the client
>>>> side, I've tried using default Windows 7 (and XP) smb/cifs
>>>> implementation and cygwin's smbclient.
>>>> My server ISP tells that they don't block anything and it's the first
>>>> time someone has reported problem like this. My iptables are clean at
>>>> the moment.
>>>> Currently I'm using v. 3.2.5 with default config with one share and
>>>> added user by smbpasswd.
>>>>
>>>> revik:~# smbclient \\\\localhost\\test
>>>> Enter root's password:
>>>> Domain=[REVIK] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.5]
>>>> smb: \> ls
>>>>  .                                   D        0  Fri Dec 31 13:57:25
>>> 2010
>>>>
>>>>  ..                                  D        0  Fri Dec 31 13:57:16
>>> 2010
>>>>
>>>>  testfile                                     0  Fri Dec 31 13:57:25
>>> 2010
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                35201 blocks of size 8388608. 33290 blocks available
>>>> I don't really can think of any single idea how to make it work or
>>>> where the problem actually lies.
>>>> I'd appreciate any help, thanks.
>>>
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