Make sure "hosts.allow" gives permission to the external ip address too.
-----Original Message----- From: Igor Belyi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Samba] Re: Connecting to Samba from an external subnet Gary Green wrote: > I'm new to samba, but I've been reading a few guides and I think I > have > it set up somewhat correct. Connecting to it via linux or windows on > the local lan is no problem, as long as the personal firewall settings > are allowing it. > > Problem is I still can't get any computer off the LAN to connect to > it. > At first I thought maybe it was the server's firewall settings, so I > pretty much dropped all protection and made it as open as possible: > > $IPTABLES -P INPUT ACCEPT > $IPTABLES -F INPUT > $IPTABLES -P OUTPUT ACCEPT > $IPTABLES -F OUTPUT > $IPTABLES -P FORWARD DROP > $IPTABLES -F FORWARD > > Obviously a security risk, but I just wanted to find the problem. > Unfortunately this didn't solve the problem. I didn't see much about > what I can set in smb.conf to address external networks. The only thing > I added was "hosts allow = ALL" but again, no luck. > > Is there something specific I need to do to make samba work over the > internet? > > Thanks for any help Does your Samba listen on "off the LAN" interface? Check your "interfaces" and "bind interfaces only" parameters in smb.conf Igor -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba