Firewall! I "entrusted" the whole dang ethernet card (it's my LAN) and, 
and...it worked. Now, any ideas how to craft a Fedora firewall to allow 
Samba (as well as ssh, ftp, http) without enabling the whole dang card?

Sam MacDonald wrote:

> The book that solved 99% of my Samba problems is...
> *"Linux Network Toolkit"*
>
> It has step by step instructions on setting up a network using a Linux 
> server for use with windows based clients.
> The version I have was published in 1998, came with Red Hat 5.0 and 
> worked with Windows 95 clients.
> It does not use GUI tools (shell based) so it may be undesirable for 
> some, but it's so easy to follow.
> Best investment I made in a technology book "ever" it was almost $50 
> new back in 1998.
>
> Windows 98 and NT use encrypted passwords so I had to make a change 
> when I went to Windows 98...
> I found that fix on the Red Hat site.
>       Let me know if you want that I have it.
> I also have "The Samba Trouble Shooting Guide in DOC format.
>       Let me know if you would like it.
>
> I did google the book name and found this list on bookchecker.com  
> Amazon has it for $1.99 + shipping.
>
> http://www.bookchecker.com/0764531468
>
> I know this is not an answer but you may thank me later.
>
> You may need to check your host name,  in a shell type "hostname" no 
> quotes
> If it returns Localhost you will need to change the host name.
> BTW, it takes a long time for a host name to fall off the windows 
> browser list.
>
> Sam.
>



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