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NAME
swat - Samba Web Administration Tool
SYNOPSIS
swat [ -s <smb config file> ] [ -a ]
DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the Samba suite.
swat allows a Samba administrator to configure the complex
smb.conf(5) file via a Web browser. In addition, a swat
configuration page has help links to all the configurable
options in the smb.conf file allowing an administrator to
easily look up the effects of any change.
swat is run from inetd
OPTIONS
-s smb configuration file
The default configuration file path is determined at
compile time. The file specified contains the
configuration details required by the smbd server. This
is the file that swat will modify. The information in
this file includes server-specific information such as
what printcap file to use, as well as descriptions of
all the services that the server is to provide. See
smb.conf for more information.
-a This option disables authentication and puts swat in
demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify
the smb.conf file.
Do NOT enable this option on a production server.
INSTALLATION
After you compile SWAT you need to run make install to
install the swat binary and the various help files and
images. A default install would put these in:
o /usr/local/samba/bin/swat
o /usr/local/samba/swat/images/*
o /usr/local/samba/swat/help/*
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:
swat 901/tcp
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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:
swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/local/samba/bin/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.
XINETD INSTALLATION
Newer Linux systems ship with a more secure implementation
of the inetd meta-daemon. The xinetd daemon can read
configuration inf9ormation from a single file (i.e.
/etc/xinetd.conf) or from a collection of service control
files in the xinetd.d/ directory. These directions assume
the latter configuration.
The following file should be created as /etc/xientd.d/swat.
It is then be neccessary cause the meta-daemon to reload its
configuration files. Refer to the xinetd man page for
details on how to accomplish this.
## /etc/xinetd.d/swat
service swat
{
port = 901
socket_type = stream
wait = no
only_from = localhost
user = root
server = /usr/local/samba/bin/swat
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = No
}
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
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connection open to password sniffing as passwords will be
sent in the clear over the wire.
TROUBLESHOOTING
One of the common causes of difficulty when installing Samba
and SWAT is the existsnece of some type of firewall or port
filtering software on the Samba server. Make sure that the
appropriate ports outlined in this man page are available on
the server and are not currently being blocked by some type
of security software such as iptables or "port sentry". For
more troubleshooting information, refer to the additional
documentation included in the Samba distribution.
FILES
/etc/inetd.conf
This file must contain suitable startup information for
the meta-daemon.
/etc/xinetd.d/swat
This file must contain suitable startup information for
the xinetd meta-daemon.
/etc/services
This file must contain a mapping of service name (e.g.,
swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type
(e.g., tcp).
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
This is the default location of the smb.conf(5) server
configuration file that swat edits. Other common places
that systems install this file are
/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf and /etc/smb.conf . This file
describes all the services the server is to make
available to clients.
WARNINGS
swat will rewrite your smb.conf file. It will rearrange the
entries and delete all comments, include= and copy="
options. If you have a carefully crafted smb.conf then back
it up or don't use swat!
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba suite.
SEE ALSO
inetd(5), smbd(8)smb.conf(5)xinetd(8)
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were
created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the
Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
Linux kernel is developed.
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The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The
man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/
<URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for the
Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to
DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter
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