If Samba won't start, it's not a firewall issue. Check your Samba configuration.
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Kjetil Tjensvold wrote: > I have converted to iptables and configured the > firewall, but still samba wont start. > > > > > --- Devon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Saturday 12 January 2002 11:56 am, Kjetil > > Tjensvold wrote: > > > Hi. > > > I can't give any iptables command because the > > device > > > or iptables are busy. > > > I want to open the ports 137:139 for samba. > > > The question is how to give the proper iptables > > command. > > > > You probably have an ipchains firewall setup. You > > can use either ipchains > > or iptables, but not both. If you are using the > > default firewall included > > with Red Hat Linux 7.2, it is ipchains based. > > You can configure it by running /usr/sbin/lokkit as > > root. > > > > You can convert to iptables, which will require > > stopping ipchains with: > > /sbin/service ipchains stop > > Prevent ipchains from starting on reboot with: > > /sbin/chkconfig ipchains off > > Remove all ipchains related modules: > > /sbin/rmmod ipchains > > (/sbin/lsmod to list all loaded modules. You'll have > > to remove all > > ipchains related modules.) > > /sbin/modprobe ip_tables should now load the > > ip_tables module without > > complaint. > > > > You can then begin configuring an iptables based > > firewall. > > Note that after doing the above to stop ipchains, > > your machine will be > > wide open to abuse untill the new firewall is up and > > running. > > > > You can search the list archives for iptables > > firewall related links. A > > few that come to mind quickly: > > http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/ > > > http://www.sentry.net/~obsid/IPTables/rc.scripts.dir/current/ > > http://netfilter.samba.org/ > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > - -D > > > > - -- > > > > pgp key: > > http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > > > - -- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > > iD8DBQE8QHPSeMAUbzJhSVcRAq3QAKCtAVtyjzOLeugpPPT0AeE5S1oeJQCfR+LZ > > qJAtls4VCnFrLDTokJzyEXY= > > =N/Iv > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > ______________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Norge - no.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
