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Jon Hadley
Asked: 2010-03-05 05:28:24 +0800 CST

Samba fails externally, works locally

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I have an Ubuntu Server (Hardy LTS) virtual machine, in which im trying to share a folder via samba.

I can list shares locally fine, via:

smbclient -L localhost

But using similar on my host machine, where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the Ubuntu IP (OS X):

smbclient -L //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U myusername

I get:

Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx at port 139
error connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:139 (Connection refused)
Error connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Connection refused)
lang_tdb_init: /usr/lib/samba/en_GB.UTF-8.msg: No such file or directory
Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx failed (Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED)

Is this a samba error, or a firewall error?

My smb conf file, is the default, with the following changes:

interfaces = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/8 eth0
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

[homes]
read only = no
valid users = %S
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
ubuntu samba

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If it works locally and it's listening on the external interface it's a firewall or routing issue.

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