What does "Denied connection from" in smb.log mean ?

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  • What does "Denied connection from" in smb.log mean ?

I saw following log message in smbd.log

[<TimeStamp>] lib/access.c:check_access(327)
  Denied connection from  (<IP_ADDRESS>)

What does this message mean ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.X
  • samba-3.0.33-X

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