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Samba works fine on my LAN. Im trying to connect now from work. Im at the point where Im trying to get it to work first then I will build the security in.
Im trying to log in with the same ID and pass that works from the LAN.
I have added my work IP, and external nick eth1 into smb.conf and restarted
I have disabled my firewall to allow all
I have set my hosts.allow to ALL:<work IP>
I get prompted for a logon and pass but it doesnt let me in and I dont see anything in my logs.
Any suggestiong you may have would be greatly appreciated.
maybe i just don't know enough about security to know how to make it safe, but i would *never* run samba over the internet. if you want to get your files, you should set up a VPN, a private ftp server, sshd, etc. if you feel confident enough in your abilities, go for it, but imho it's not a very good idea.
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if you want to get your files, you should set up a VPN, a private ftp server, sshd, etc. if you feel confident enough in your abilities, go for it, but imho it's not a very good idea. 
