From: "Paul Gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Jérôme Fenal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Paul Gardiner wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to connect to a samba server via an ssh tunnel. I'm running > > > ssh on my W2K machine. If I try to connect from another machine that > > > is running an OS called RiscOS and a NetBIOS client called LanMan98 > > > then it works perfectly, but if I try to connect from the another Windows > > > machine running XP, or from the W2k machine (uisng loopback), I get > > > > > > "Windows cannot find \\127.0.0.1\sharename. Check the spelling and try again, > > > or try searching for the item by clicking the Start button and then clicking > > > Search." > > > > > > I've found claims on the net of this working. So what am I doing wrong > > > (other than using Windows in the first place :-) )? > > > > What are ports that you tunnel with SSH ? > > Did you forget to tunnel 445 ? > > I did, but I've added it now, and I'm still getting the same error message. I > also tried forwarding 138 and 137, with no effect. > > Any other ideas? > > > BTW, to forward 445, I had to stop W2K binding it, but I found info on > a registry change that did the job.
I'm still getting nowhere with this. Its strange: I can get LanMan98 (under RiscOS) and smbmount (under Linux) to mount this share via the ssh tunnel with only port 139 forwared, but I can't find a way to tell Windows XP to just use port 139. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba