Smbclient and firewall?

[Phillip Fry]

Thanks it works great, my firewall was mis-configured.



--- "Allen, Michael B (RSCH)" <Michael_B_Allen at ml.com>
wrote:
> There's nothing special about SMB connections.
> Simpler than FTP actually. It should
> just work if you have a statefull firewall. If you
> don't just try copying the commands for
> DNS and HTTP and adjust the port numers
> appropriately. 137 is WINS (copy DNS)
> 139 is transport (copy HTTP). Try opening 137 and do
> a nmblookup -A 15.14.3.10.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Phillip Fry [SMTP:zoiddy001 at yahoo.com]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:06 AM
> > To:	smb-clients at lists.samba.org
> > Subject:	Smbclient and firewall?
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I just recently set up a firewall and my smb
> client
> > doesn't work anymore.  When I disable my firewall
> > smbclient works fine. 
> > 
> > The error message I get is 
> > 
> > $ smbclient -L //hosta -d3
> > Initialising global parameters
> > params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration
> file
> > "/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf"
> > Processing section "[global]"
> > added interface ip=aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
> > bcast=aaa.bbb.ccc.255 nmask=255.255.254.0
> > Client started (version 2.2.5).
> > resolve_wins: Attempting wins lookup for name
> > hosta<0x20>
> > resolve_wins: WINS server == <15.14.3.10>
> > bind succeeded on port 0
> > wins_srv_died(): WINS server 15.14.3.10 appears to
> be
> > down.
> > resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for
> name
> > hosta<0x20>
> > name_resolve_bcast: Attempting broadcast lookup
> for
> > name hosta<0x20>
> > bind succeeded on port 0
> > Connection to hosta failed
> > 
> > What ports do I need to unblock to make smb client
> > work again.  I would like to have best of both
> worlds.
> > I already tried to unblock 137:udp, 138:udp and
> > 139:tcp, and they don't see to work?  Does anyone
> have
> > any more info?  Is there a document somewhere I
> can
> > read?  I searched google and nothing turned up.  I
> > know for a fact my WINS server is up and running. 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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