[Samba] Netbios

[Denis Cardon]

Hi VigneshDhanraj,

> one small query,
>
> Is netbios-ns,netbios-dgm and netbios-ssn ports 137,138,139 need to be open
> to communicate with windows from linux.
>
> what was the use of these services??

you can disable netbios in your smb.conf by adding the lines:

disable netbios = yes
smb ports = 445

port 445 is for SMB over TCP-IP

port 137-139 are for SMB over Netbios over TCP/IP



Cheers,

Denis

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