[Samba] got stuck in setting up samba to linux box through putty tunneling

2008-05-07 Thread Dan Guo
I read the posting below. but I have not figured out why my vista pc won't work. here is what I did - 1. I disable window file sharing; 2. in putty, i add a tunnel: source port: 445 destination port: my linux box IP: 139    I forward 80. i see http://127.0.0.1 yields my web server's

[Samba] two questions

2008-05-07 Thread Dan Guo
1. I just found out port 445 and 139 are both blocked by my ISP (cablevision). i use Vista Ultimate. Is there a way to solve my problem? see my email below. 2. I am a new user of this mailing list. how can i read the postings and reply to a post? it does not seem allow me to reply to a