Samba log message

[Alan Jackson]

192.168.0.6 isn't on my network, and I have my dsl router set up to 
block pretty much all traffic from outside. This is a 4-5 PC network 
at home.

I guess I should double check the router settings...

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:49:29 -0700
Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:

> Alan Jackson wrote:
> 
> >The past few days the following has been showing up in my logs :
> >
> > --------------------- samba Begin ------------------------ 
> >
> > 
> > Connections Denied:
> >    lib/access.c:check_access(328)  192.168.0.5 : 357 Time(s)
> >    smbd/process.c:process_smb(1084) 192.168.0.5 : 357 Time(s)
> > 
> > Forced Election:
> >    In workgroup MSHOME when announced server was:
> >       BOHLER-BLECHE(192.168.0.6) : 9 Time(s)
> >
> >What the heck is BOHLER-BLECHE and where is that coming from??
> >
> >$ ping 192.168.0.6
> >PING 192.168.0.6 (192.168.0.6) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >>From 192.168.0.2 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> Are you on a large network? 192.168.0.5 or .6 would normally be local
> machines on your network. Either that or someone outside trying to read
> your share, or is playing games and trying to break in to your machine
> through samba.
> However, Bohler-bleche is a steel manufacturer with offices all over
> according to their website
> ( http://www.bohler-bleche.com ),
> so maybe it's not intentional, just someone screwing up?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ken
> 
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