SWAT(8) 																   SWAT(8)

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  infor-
	      mation.

       -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

       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 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.

       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

								 19 November 2002							   SWAT(8)