Browsing SAMBA share on remote Win2003 server crashes FC2

[Edward]

Mario Jansen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am relatively new to Linux. Installed FC2, together with Samba 3.
> After some hassles finally managed to mount a remote Windows Share on my
> linux machine.
> 
> I used the following command:
> mount -t smbfs -o  username=<myuser> //servername/share /mnt/mntdir/ 
> 
> I am requested with a password, which I submit and I receive back the
> prompt. 
> 
> However when I try to browse (ls) the /mnt/mntdir directory my terminal
> stops responding. 
> 
> Also when  I try to view the content of this dir using the filemanager
> (GUI) my system halts (I can even no longer shut it down normally).
> 
> Anyone have some great ideas?
> Thanx for your help...
> 
> rgs,
> mario
> 

I wouldn't call mine a "great" idea, but if you're running a firewall 
(and by rights you probably should), you might want to check it's 
allowing communications on ports 137-139 and 445.

I think that's what Windows uses for NETBIOS, which you need to do smb 
networking.

This goes for both the Linux side and the Windows side.

Regards,
Ed.