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I am trying to Have it so I can connect to my linux server from any windows computer and map a network drive to my linux share... What ports would I need to forward?
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You only need to worry about port forwarding if you are trying to access the Samba shares from a network outside of the one the Samba server resides on; even in, which case, you would probably want to access these shares over a VPN.
If you are trying to access these shares from the same network that the Samba server is on, but your Windows machines cannot see the shares on your Linux box, then chances are there is something wrong with the configuration file.
You're not giving us much to go on, and I get the impression you have not done much reading up on this matter. I don't mean to sound like a dick, but you are alluding to us doing the work for you - take some initiative, read some documentation, and ask us specific questions about configuring your Samba server when something does not work right and you have no idea why.
Hey Sorry about that.. my previous post was ignored because it was too complicated... here it is.
I have an openSUSE Server running insisde of a VMWare Virtual Machine. I am running Samba on the server. I am attempting to allow myself to map a share from an externeal computer... I can access the share from within my own desktop referring the the server by its NAT address. What I am attempting to do is have it so that when I reference my whole computers IP address it maps to the Linux Samba Server. I have forwarded the port on my Firewall (139) and NAT redirected it to the server. I did the same with the http port which all seems to be working I can reference the http server via the external IP address though the Samba I cannot... Any Ideas?
Let me clarify... When I assign my physical computer to the DMZ within my router settings, I get a Login dialog box to map the share... though the same username and pasword I use to log into the SAME share by its Internal network address, does not seem to work...
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