[CS-FSLUG] OT: WinXP <-> Samba

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> It took a while for me to get back to this...
> 
> I disabled firewall on WinXP system and tried (note NL, this time)
>          smbclient -NL //[XP computer name]
> 
> It worked!  I checked firewall settings and "File & Printer Sharing"
was
> listed, but with firewall enabled, I get a "connection refused" from
> smbclient.  Under WinXP firewall details, I see:
>          TCP 139 & 445
>          UDP 137 & 138
> Any idea what to add to firewall to make this work?
> 
> Also, will it be a problem if I want to do anonymous connections?

I'd recommend using tcpdump to see what traffic is being sent. Then you
can be sure you have it right and aren't opening up things needlessly.
You'll also gain an understanding of what's going on. You can narrow the
mess you see by using the command like this:

tcpdump host winxpIPaddress

As you get things straightened out, you can exclude ports to make it
easier to read.

tcpdump host winxpIPaddress and not port 80 and 22

JSR/