[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It has taken me several months to work out that the reason I can't > access the SAMBA server I have set up is because of the Shorewall > settings configured by invoking MDK9.x ICS. > > At least that is my reading of it. > > Essentially, everything else on my network seems to work - ICS, and the > Linux box can read and write to the shared folders on the WinXP boxes. > However, although I can see the Samba Server connection on the WinXP > box, attempting to open it results in "Network Path not found". I cannot > ping 192.168.1.1 > > However, when I disable Shorewall, I can ping 192.168.1.1 and I can > access Samba. But now ICS is disabled :( > > I have tried to make of sense of the "instructions and solutions" out > there on the internet. Frankly, my head is spinning. The Quickstart > guide at Shorewall.net left me even more confused. > > Is anyone able to give me a simple, plain english explanation on how to > configure Shorewall & ICS so the other computers on my local workgroup > network can access SAMBA? > > > Many thanks in advance... > > > A guess is MCC (Mandrake Control Center) | Security | Advanced button
I think you should open some (or all) of ports 137,138,139 for samba. I don't know which sort (TCP or UDP) but /etc/services lists both. About 'ping' I don't know This configures Shorewall, I think, ICS I don't actually know what it is... /Björn
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