Gabor Istvan wrote:
Dear SuSE users:
The following information regards to SUSE 9.3 with KDE 3.4.0 and these samba packages: yast2-samba-client-2.11.5-3 yast2-samba-server-2.11.14-3 kdebase3-samba-3.4.0-28 samba-3.0.13-1.1 samba-client-3.0.13-1.1
I have configured samba server via YaST2 and set up shared folders. In the Samba configuration panel I checked the "open port in firewall" option. Still when I want to open my shared folders through the Network Brosing icon -> SMB Shares I get nothing, ie an empty window which says: no item - no files - no folders. If I turn off firewall in YaST2 Firewall Configuration panel I can browse my shared folders.
So what should I do? I want firewall to be on but still need samba. What can be the proble with the samba setup?
Thanks, IG
Samba comes with a tool called smbclient. It allows you to connect from the commandline to a samba server. I had several problems with the network browsing of the konquerer. Are you trying to connect to a samba server on your localhost? The samba server can be configured to serve to certain networks. Check how your server is configured (testparm). If you think that your firewall is causing the problem enable logging of all traffic (accepted and droped). That way you might see which other ports on the firewall you would have to enable.