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NAME
swat - Samba Web Administration Tool
SYNOPSIS
swat [ -s <smb config file> ] [ -a ]
DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the Sambasuite.
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 infor-
mation in this file includes server-specific infor-
mation 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
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.
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.
FILES
/etc/inetd.conf
This file must contain suitable startup information
for the meta-daemon.
/etc/services
This file must contain a mapping of service name
(e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and proto-
col 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)
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, avail-
able 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
06 December 2001 SWAT(8)