From: Samba Release Account Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:56:00 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Advice about firewalls (step 1) and tcp wrappers (step 8). Dan X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=kai%2Fsamba.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=35df7e54b0eeb26ecdf2f64a288cd449c9652131 Advice about firewalls (step 1) and tcp wrappers (step 8). Dan (This used to be commit e470dd55612558ae6f308c0a871e3c01e7dea4f7) --- diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt index 5f20f610310..11eb91b2ff8 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt @@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ run ping. If you get a message saying "host not found" or similar then your DNS software or /etc/hosts file is not correctly setup. It is possible to run samba without DNS entries for the server and client, but I assume -you do have correct entries for the remainder of these tests. +you do have correct entries for the remainder of these tests. + +Another reason why ping might fail is if your host is running firewall +software. You will need to relax the rules to let in the workstation +in question, perhaps by allowing access from another subnet (on Linux +this is done via the ipfwadm program.) TEST 3: @@ -208,6 +213,10 @@ same fixes apply as they did for the "smbclient -L" test above. In particular, make sure your "hosts allow" line is correct (see the man pages) +If you get "specified computer is not receiving requests" or similar +it probably means that the host is not contactable via tcp services. +Check to see if the host is running tcp wrappers, and if so add an entry in +the hosts.allow file for your client (or subnet, etc.) TEST 9: