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Samba has a test utility called testparm that alerts you to errors in the smb.conf file. If you used SWAT to edit the file, you will usually pass the test successfully, as shown: [root@bigboy tmp]# testparm -s Load smb config files from...

Linux iptables The Fedora installation process configures the iptables firewall package by default. You have two options for working with it. You can ensure that this is deactivated, which may be desirable on a secured network. Or, you can configure...

You can perform several tests to ensure that the Samba server and all its workstations can do basic communication with each other. From the Samba server: 1. Ping the server's IP address and loopback address (127.0.0.1). 2. Ping the client'...

Make sure your Samba server can see all the shares available on the network with the smbclient -l samba_server command. Press the Enter key when prompted for a password. Check your SWAT configuration for invalid hosts allow, hosts deny, and invalid u...

Samba stores all its log files in the /var/log/samba directory. If you find yourself having difficulties, try searching the nmbd.log and smbd.log files for clues....

It is always a good idea to use such network troubleshooting tools as tcpdump to do detailed troubleshooting, especially if you're not sure whether there is any bidirectional connectivity between the Samba server and the workstation....

You can restrict connections to your server on both a per-interface and a per-network basis in the [global] section of the smb.conf file. Always remember to include your loopback interface lo and the loopback interface's network 127.0.0.0/8 in your c...

A wireless network in some cases would be ideal. Chapter 13, "Linux Wireless Networking," discusses how to configure wireless NICs in Linux servers for this very reason....