[KLUG Members] samba server can be browsed but not pinged

[Mike Williams]

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> Subject:
> Re: [KLUG Members] samba server can be browsed but not pinged
> From:
> bill <bill at billtron.com>
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>You are exactly right.  Dropped the firewall and everything worked.
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>>> Try flushing the iptables table, and making sure the default policies are not
>>> deny or reject.
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>I don't want to run without any firewall.  
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>The current IPTABLES has these lines:
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># Firewall configuration written by lokkit
># Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
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>And I don't want to have to create one from scratch if I can avoid it.
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>However, the CLS version of the firewall config program (as opposed to
>the gui) lets me allow certain ports.  Could I use that?  If so, what
>ports?
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Add a few rules that open holes for ports 137, 138, and 139, both TCP 
and UDP.  The NetBIOS (samba) over TCP protocol is a bit of a mess.  You 
don't actually need all 6, but I've usually found it much easier to 
allow all of them then try to figure out which set you actually need.