iptables rule to let samba in

phishintrip · 06-25-2003, 12:45 PM

what rule do i need to add to my script to allow my win2k machine to get to my shared linux drive. Samba works already when i flush all the rules but when i run my firewall script i can see my linux machine in My Network Places but i can't go to it.

david_ross · 06-25-2003, 01:20 PM

Try adding these 3 iptables rules:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT

mrsolo · 10-14-2003, 10:48 PM

When you add rules like that to iptables, do they have to be added evrytime the machine starts up or are they automatically added to the default firewall rules? If they need to be added to the iptables rules, how do you permanetly add rules?

david_ross · 10-15-2003, 12:58 PM

The either need to be added each time or saved using the "iptables-save" command.

mrsolo · 10-15-2003, 11:14 PM

So after I do the "iptables . . . ", I issue the iptables-save command and that will save the info into the iptables script?

david_ross · 10-16-2003, 01:43 PM

Yes - It should save them so that the rules are in place after the next reboot.

dragonlinux · 10-17-2003, 09:22 AM

i looked at the command above and thought great!! I can learn something, however when looking into the command help to see what all of that means I can not find --dport, what is that?

Rab22 · 10-17-2003, 10:25 AM

dport means "destination port" I do believe.