How do I find out which ports I need to open in my firewall to get Samba working?

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I want to be able to access a shared folder on a windows 8 computer from my Linux computer. Everything works fine when Ufw is turned off, but as soon as I enable the firewall it won't work.

How do I find out which ports I need to open in Ufw to get it to work?

Please note that yes, there are many posts about how to solve this problem by opening ports and which those ports are, but my question is how I can find out which ports to open.

I vote to close this because you will need to find out on your Windows Computer and not on Ubuntu. — pLumo, Apr 02 '20 at 15:37
Does this answer your question? What ports does the Samba client require? — Terrance, Apr 02 '20 at 16:45
Well, maybe it should but when I run sudo netstat -tulpn | egrep "samba|smbd|nmbd|winbind" I don't get any output :( — PetaspeedBeaver, Apr 02 '20 at 17:04
Better yet, install gufw as it gives you a GUI interface for the ufw and allows you to choose apps that have all the ports pre-chosen. sudo apt install gufw — Terrance, Apr 02 '20 at 17:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '20 at 16:51

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this ports tcp 445 if you plan to use netbios/name resolution this ports: 137 138 udp 137 139 tcp

Greethings bernd

answered Apr 02 '20 at 16:51

Bernd

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Thanks for your post, but opening the ports above doesn't help ... – PetaspeedBeaver Apr 03 '20 at 08:43

How do I find out which ports I need to open in my firewall to get Samba working?

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