ozotto
March 5, 2020, 2:12am
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Hi , I am a bit at a loss. In the past when I installed Samba it somehow worked . “Somehow” well I do not exactly know what I am doing in the network arena.
Anyway Samba .NOW… just did not want to work . …I must admit I do not know how to set up the Firewall !!!
I tried to follow what has been written at the top of the forum entries … no success
If somebody know a step by step config of Samba AND the firewall … that would be much appreciated
… and what are the hardware requirements … router etc
thanks and best regards
I always use Yast to configure Samba. And it takes care of the firewall. There’s probably a box I have to check for that, but that’s it.
Are you referring to a samba server, or client? For the former, allow the samba service via firewall-cmd…
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=samba
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
If you’re using a particular zone you can use the the ‘zone=’ option.
For a samba client, there is the predefined ‘samba-client’ service that can be enabled to open the appropriate ports.
More info…
ozotto
March 5, 2020, 7:23pm
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](https://forums.opensuse.org/member.php/49759-nrickert ) @nrickert https://forums.opensuse.org/member.php/49759-nrickert ) …well, that was the way I used to do it too …
@deano_ferrari ](https://forums.opensuse.org/member.php/122-deano_ferrari )
i tried what you suggested with a “virgin” smb.conf
no success.
As to hard ware , I an old Netgear router , which works … is ther any thing to be done on the router side ?
…yes and if you have more ideas , would much appreciated
regards
Too vague. I’m not sure whether you are concerned about the firewall and/or confirming that the samba server is configured appropriately for you needs.
Is samba active?
sudo systemctl status smb
Firewall status (active)?
sudo systemctl status firewalld
If so, report on the current configuration
firewall-cmd --list-all
Then we can advise further.
ozotto
March 6, 2020, 7:29am
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Then we can advise further.
linux-inok:/ # systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disable>
Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-03-06 05:50:39 AEST; 10h ago
Process: 1797 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/samba/update-apparmor-samba-profile (code=exite>
Main PID: 1801 (smbd)
Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
├─1801 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─1803 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─1804 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
└─1805 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok smbd[1801]: [2020/03/06 05:50:39.189785, 0] ../lib/util/bec>
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok smbd[1801]: daemon_ready: STATUS=daemon 'smbd' finished st>
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● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-03-06 05:50:39 AEST; 10h ago
Process: 1797 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/samba/update-apparmor-samba-profile (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1801 (smbd)
Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
├─1801 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─1803 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─1804 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
└─1805 /usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok smbd[1801]: [2020/03/06 05:50:39.189785, 0] ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:138(daemon_ready)
Mar 06 05:50:39 linux-inok smbd[1801]: daemon_ready: STATUS=daemon 'smbd' finished starting up and ready to serve connections
~
~
~systemctl status firewalld
~
~
~
linux-inok:/ #
linux-inok:/ # systemctl status firewalld
● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled; vendor preset: d>
Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-03-06 05:50:33 AEST; 10h ago
Docs: man:firewalld(1)
Main PID: 837 (firewalld)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/firewalld.service
└─837 /usr/bin/python3 -Es /usr/sbin/firewalld --nofork --nopid
Mar 06 05:50:32 linux-inok systemd[1]: Starting firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon...
Mar 06 05:50:33 linux-inok systemd[1]: Started firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon.
linux-inok:/ # ^C
linux-inok:/ # ^C
linux-inok:/ #
linux-inok:/ #
linux-inok:/ # firewall-cmd --list-all
public (active)
target: default
icmp-block-inversion: no
interfaces: eth0
sources:
services: dhcpv6-client samba ntp nfs samba-client
ports:
protocols:
masquerade: no
forward-ports:
source-ports:
icmp-blocks:
rich rules:
linux-inok:/ #
linux-inok:/ # systemctl status firewalld
● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled; vendor preset: d>
Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-03-06 05:50:33 AEST; 10h ago
Docs: man:firewalld(1)
Main PID: 837 (firewalld)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/firewalld.service
└─837 /usr/bin/python3 -Es /usr/sbin/firewalld --nofork --nopid
Mar 06 05:50:32 linux-inok systemd[1]: Starting firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon...
Mar 06 05:50:33 linux-inok systemd[1]: Started firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon.
linux-inok:/ # ^C
linux-inok:/ # ^C
thanks
ozotto
March 6, 2020, 8:35am
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…well that was somewhat misleading, it applied only to one machine. the other one is dead … put he commands in
Are these machines you refer to functioning as samba servers, clients or both? The output you shared confirms that samba is running (which is only needed when you need the machine to provide samba shares). The firewall output shows that samba ports are open (for client and server roles). Are you trying to share files between hosts on the network? Are they all Linux hosts? Is there a NAS in the equation?