solved, this must have worked:


Hi, i'm trying to set up my firewall to allow samba to work, using webmin. here are the rules i have in the "Incoming Packets" (INPUT) section, do they look right? eth1 is attached to my internal network..

Accept If input interface is lo
Accept If input interface is eth1
Accept If state of connection is RELATED,ESTABLISHED
Run chain input_ext If input interface is eth0
Log packet If rate is less than 3/min
Accept If protocol is TCP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 445
Accept If protocol is UDP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 445
Accept If protocol is TCP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 138
Accept If protocol is UDP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 138
Accept If protocol is TCP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 139
Accept If protocol is UDP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 139
Accept If protocol is TCP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 137
Accept If protocol is UDP and input interface is eth1 and destination port is 137
Drop Always

Thanks for any help you can give...i'm in the dark about this, i've read all i can and am just confused.

a.w.