Written by lutimdale the 25 Feb 09 at 16:32.

Specifically, there should be a samba or file sharing service defined, where all the service ports are defined. Instead on a portion is defined under netbios-ssn (port 139).

Extract from this website (http://troy.jdmz.net/samba/fw/)

Ports, Protocols, and Daemons
In the /etc/services file you will find a few lines that refer to Samba services:
netbios-ns 137/tcp # NetBIOS Name Service
netbios-ns 137/udp
netbios-dgm 138/tcp # NetBIOS Datagram Service
netbios-dgm 138/udp
netbios-ssn 139/tcp # NetBIOS Session Service
netbios-ssn 139/udp
microsoft-ds 445/tcp # Microsoft Directory Service
microsoft-ds 445/udp

The picture this provides is somewhat deceiving, since the half of those lines could be removed and condensed to:
netbios-ns 137/udp # NetBIOS Name Service
netbios-dgm 138/udp # NetBIOS Datagram Service

Specifically, there should be a samba or file sharing service defined, where all the service ports are defined. Instead on a portion is defined under netbios-ssn (port 139). Extract from this website (http://troy.jdmz.net/samba/fw/) Ports, Protocols, and Daemons In the /etc/services file you will find a few lines that refer to Samba services: netbios-ns 137/tcp # NetBIOS Name Service netbios-ns 137/udp netbios-dgm 138/tcp # NetBIOS Datagram Service netbios-dgm 138/udp netbios-ssn 139/tcp # NetBIOS Session Service netbios-ssn 139/udp microsoft-ds 445/tcp # Microsoft Directory Service microsoft-ds 445/udp The picture this provides is somewhat deceiving, since the half of those lines could be removed and condensed to: netbios-ns 137/udp # NetBIOS Name Service netbios-dgm 138/udp # NetBIOS Datagram Service netbios-ssn 139/tcp # NetBIOS Session Service microsoft-ds 445/tcp # Microsoft Directory Service

Written by lutimdale the 25 Feb 09 at 16:34.

I as a user should not have to remember which ports are relevant to samba. The rules list should be displayed by service if that is how it was entered. At the very least a rule name should be added.

I as a user should not have to remember which ports are relevant to samba. The rules list should be displayed by service if that is how it was entered. At the very least a rule name should be added.