Geek Help Samba through ssh

[crokett]

I have a need for Windows users to access a Samba share but I don't want to do it via straight Samba. I want to tunnel through ssh. I have a working ssh session from XP to Ubuntu and can tunnel a remote desktop through it. I can also tunnel the Samba share but when I enter the net use command in XP it fails on bad username or password. The same username/password work when I don't tunnel through ssh. I suspect it has something to do with the ssh encryption. My question is what log to check to help figure it out? syslog, auth and samba logs have bupkus.


Ok maybe the tunnel is not working. I don't see any connection attempts being logged.

[dbhost]

What errors are you getting in /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure?

Depending on how big your log files get, you might want to do something like...

# tac /var/log/messages | grep error (or fail) to look for login errors and failures.

# tac /var/log/messages | grep refuse to look for refused connections

If this was Red Hat / CentOS etc... I would look in /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny to see if you are denying them either directly or indirectly. Perhaps in /etc/sysconfig/iptables to see if you are blocking with iptables. I would have to look up how Debian type systems set up the config files, but I suspect they are in the same locations, or close...

[LinuxRandal]

While I have never done (yet, or had need to) the ssh tunneling, let me ask that you don't overlook the obvious.

When I set up Samba, initially, I forgot to share the folder and kept fighting with Samba setting thinking that was what I screwed up. Homer Simpson moment.

[sparkeyjames]

Port 139 is probably already in use by windows netbios networking. In other words your connection is being intercepted by windows itself. You must disable netbios file and printer sharing on the windows machine in order to enable the use of port 139 by another separate program. This is just a guess after reading a few articles on samba and ssh connections. Are you using putty on the windows side for the ssh connection? If so read this....

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/support/re...ows_samba.html

[crokett]

I got it. Thanks Sparky and LR. I overlooked the obvious. The HOW-TO includes instructions on using the loopback adapter for the tunnel but I was getting a bind error on port 139 when I tried to establish the tunnel. I disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP for the loopback, the tunnel worked and the sharing works.