Samba/Firewall Problem

[sc00by]

I thought samba was not working but it turns out it was my firewall.

If i try and access a samba share from a WinXP machine I receive the error that it cannot be accessed. If i enter iptables -F; at an SSH prompt it starts working.

I have opened the ports that samba uses in the firewall but I still have to enter iptables -F;

Thats fine for me but as soon as the Linux box gets a reboot then its blocked again until someone typed in iptables -F; into a prompt.

What do I configure to get it to either do that itself or to accept samba requests??

Thanks
John :confused:

[Jman]

I think if you allow ports 137 to 139 through it will work.

Consider installing the Firestarter (http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1435) graphical firewall tool, running the wizard, and checking the samba service box.

[vinu]

You need to open ports 137,128 and 139 for windoze 95/98/2000 and 445 for winXP.