Re: [PLUG] Samba question

[LeRoy Cressy <leroy@lrcressy.com>]

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This is from the man page for swat along with warnings.  It would be 
helpful to configure samba using swat and then comment out the changes 
you made to /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf

INETD INSTALLATION
       You need to edit your /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services to
       enable SWAT to be launched via inetd.

       In /etc/services you need to add a  line  like  this  (not
       needed for Debian):

       swat 901/tcp

       Note  for  NIS/YP  users - you may need to rebuild the NIS
       service maps rather than alter your  local   /etc/services
       file.

       the  choice  of  port number isn't really important except
       that it should be less than 1024 and  not  currently  used
       (using  a  number  above 1024 presents an obscure security
       hole depending on the implementation details of your inetd
       daemon).

       In  /etc/inetd.conf  you  should add a line like this (not
       needed for Debian,  the  postinst  script  takes  care  of
       this):

       swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat

       One  you have edited /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf you
       need to send a HUP signal to inetd. To do this use kill -1
       PID where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon.

   LAUNCHING
       To  launch  SWAT  just  run  your favorite web browser and
       point it at "http://localhost:901/";.

       Note that you can attach to SWAT  from  any  IP  connected
       machine  but  connecting from a remote machine leaves your
       connection open to password sniffing as passwords will  be
       sent in the clear over the wire.


W. Chris Shank wrote:
> that sounds like your trying to use swat, the web based samba config
> tool. make sure swat is installed and started (under services).
>
> i like to install webmin, it will utilize swat (if it's installed) plus
> it can help configure lots of other services too. (www.webmin.com)
>
> On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 14:57, Eric Alexander wrote:
>
> > I am very new to Linux and I'm trying to get Samba working on Red Hat 8.0.
> > I've followed the instructions that I've read in a couple of books, but I
> > get an error on my browser that says "Could not connect to host localhost
> > (port 901)".  Does anybody have any suggestios of what I can try? Like I
> > said, I'm very new to Linux, so let me know if you need more info.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
> >
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