Samba [SOLVED]

[ralphy]

has the last week Manual updates added the rules to use Samba in UFW and it is why deleting them is why the manual is broken ?

Hi [member=411]bitsnpcs[/member]

The manual is not broken as far as we can tell. Your screenshot shows http protocol ports 80 and 443 - nothing wrong with that in the javascript.

Samba Firewall rules are automatically added to the firewall as soon as Network Share Settings is launched (after authentication). That has been done to simplify user's sharing setup. It happens that the firewall not allowing samba traffic is a common issue for most new users to believe that something is wrong with their samba service or configuration. At the end, the determination was made to add firewall rules automatically to allow samba traffic. Samba is enabled by default in Linux Lite. We do not consider it a security risk since the the default smb configuration does not provide any open or guest accessible shares by default. Also, most desktop computers are likely running behind a firewall'd local area network (LAN); even connecting straight to a gateway will put users behind a NAT and some firewall in almost every case and when it doesn't, Linux Lite firewall is still there only allowing samba traffic with no default shares accessible anyways.

Hope that explains the mystery regarding Samba rules.

Cheers!