Accessing FC3 Samba shares from XP Home

[pmulgaonkar]

In thread thread619-1154992

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1154992&page=1,

the problem being discussed was exactly what I was facing, and the solution worked just as advertised.

Question-- short of turning off the software firewall on the linux box running FC3 (using the /etc/init.d/iptables stop command), is there any other solution? The config options to control what services are permitted through the firewall do not have any obvious options for allowing the SMB service connections through.

Any advice will be much appreciated.

--prasanna

 

[pmulgaonkar]

I got it. Firestarter has the right settings to allow SMB services through on a per-IP basis.

--p

 

[RhythmAce]

Yes you should also be able to use a subnet such as 192.168.1 to keeo from listing each ip in the local network.