----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Dales" To: Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Samba Server setting not 'sticking' in YaST On Thursday 29 September 2005 3:05 am, Jonathan Lutz wrote:

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Hello..

I am trying to get Samba going while keeping the SuSE firewall enabled. In order to accomplish this, I have set the 'Open Port in Firewall' setting in the Samba Server screen in Yast (under Services etc.) Unfortunately, the setting does not 'stick'. If I exit yast or the Samba screen then go back in, the setting is not set as I specified (ie. unchecked). The firewall is up and running.

Is there something I am missing, or is this a bug?

I have the firewall working with eth(0) in the external zone, and only the ports open necessary for the Samba Server and SMB Shares. Make sure the NIC is in the external zone and that the firewall is running using YaST. The ports required are TCP 139 and 445 and UDP 137 and 138. According to /etc/services the services that run through these port are: netbios-ns uses port 137 for both TCP and UDP netbios-dgm uses port 138 for both TCP and UDP netbios-ssn uses port 139 for both TCP and UDP microsoft-ds uses port 445 for both TCP and UDP If you open YaST>security and users>firewall>broadcast you should see netbios-ns assigned to the external zone. add a space then netbios-dgm. click next then Accept. Reboot. The shares should work now. If the shares are still not working: Start a terminal as superuser (System>terminal>terminal program -Super User mode) Type your root password cd /etc/sysconfig kate SuSEfirewall2 (the case is important) This is the firewall config file. Scroll down to the #9.) section look for FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="" the line should read FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="microsoft-ds netbios-ssn" next look for FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP="" the line should read FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP="netbios-dgm netbios-ns" save the file. Exit the terminal and reboot. Everything should work now, including the CUPS printer server.