1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>swat</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="swat.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>swat — Samba Web Administration Tool</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">swat</code> [-s <smb config file>] [-a] [-P]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2522930"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p><code class="literal">swat</code> allows a Samba administrator to 2 configure the complex <a class="citerefentry" href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file via a Web browser. In addition, 3 a <code class="literal">swat</code> configuration page has help links 4 to all the configurable options in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file allowing an 5 administrator to easily look up the effects of any change. </p><p><code class="literal">swat</code> is run from <code class="literal">inetd</code> </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483360"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-s smb configuration file</span></dt><dd><p>The default configuration file path is 6 determined at compile time. The file specified contains 7 the configuration details required by the <a class="citerefentry" href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a> server. This is the file 8 that <code class="literal">swat</code> will modify. 9 The information in this file includes server-specific 10 information such as what printcap file to use, as well as 11 descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide. 12 See <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> for more information. 13 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-a</span></dt><dd><p>This option disables authentication and 14 places <code class="literal">swat</code> in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify 15 the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file. </p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>WARNING: Do NOT enable this option on a production 16 server. </em></span></p></dd><dt><span class="term">-P</span></dt><dd><p>This option restricts read-only users to the password 17 management page. <code class="literal">swat</code> can then be used to change 18 user passwords without users seeing the "View" and "Status" menu 19 buttons.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d|--debuglevel=level</span></dt><dd><p><em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em> is an integer 20from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is 21not specified is 0.</p><p>The higher this value, the more detail will be 22logged to the log files about the activities of the 23server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious 24warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for 25day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of 26information about operations carried out.</p><p>Levels above 1 will generate considerable 27amounts of log data, and should only be used when 28investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for 29use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log 30data, most of which is extremely cryptic.</p><p>Note that specifying this parameter here will 31override the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#" target="_top"></a> parameter 32in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V|--version</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the program version number. 33</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s|--configfile <configuration file></span></dt><dd><p>The file specified contains the 34configuration details required by the server. The 35information in this file includes server-specific 36information such as what printcap file to use, as well 37as descriptions of all the services that the server is 38to provide. See <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> for more information. 39The default configuration file name is determined at 40compile time.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-l|--log-basename=logdirectory</span></dt><dd><p>Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension 41<code class="constant">".progname"</code> will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, 42log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client. 43</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options. 44</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481469"></a><h2>INSTALLATION</h2><p>Swat is included as binary package with most distributions. The 45 package manager in this case takes care of the installation and 46 configuration. This section is only for those who have compiled 47 swat from scratch. 48 </p><p>After you compile SWAT you need to run <code class="literal">make install 49 </code> to install the <code class="literal">swat</code> binary 50 and the various help files and images. A default install would put 51 these in: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>/usr/local/samba/sbin/swat</p></li><li><p>/usr/local/samba/swat/images/*</p></li><li><p>/usr/local/samba/swat/help/*</p></li></ul></div><div class="refsect2" lang="en"><a name="id2481516"></a><h3>Inetd Installation</h3><p>You need to edit your <code class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf 52 </code> and <code class="filename">/etc/services</code> 53 to enable SWAT to be launched via <code class="literal">inetd</code>.</p><p>In <code class="filename">/etc/services</code> you need to 54 add a line like this: </p><p><code class="literal">swat 901/tcp</code></p><p>Note for NIS/YP and LDAP users - you may need to rebuild the 55 NIS service maps rather than alter your local <code class="filename"> 56 /etc/services</code> file. </p><p>the choice of port number isn't really important 57 except that it should be less than 1024 and not currently 58 used (using a number above 1024 presents an obscure security 59 hole depending on the implementation details of your 60 <code class="literal">inetd</code> daemon). </p><p>In <code class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</code> you should 61 add a line like this: </p><p><code class="literal">swat stream tcp nowait.400 root 62 /usr/local/samba/sbin/swat swat</code></p><p>Once you have edited <code class="filename">/etc/services</code> 63 and <code class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</code> you need to send a 64 HUP signal to inetd. To do this use <code class="literal">kill -1 PID 65 </code> where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon. </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481628"></a><h2>LAUNCHING</h2><p>To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and 66 point it at "http://localhost:901/".</p><p>Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected 67 machine but connecting from a remote machine leaves your 68 connection open to password sniffing as passwords will be sent 69 in the clear over the wire. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481646"></a><h2>FILES</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</code></span></dt><dd><p>This file must contain suitable startup 70 information for the meta-daemon.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/services</code></span></dt><dd><p>This file must contain a mapping of service name 71 (e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type 72 (e.g., tcp). </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</code></span></dt><dd><p>This is the default location of the <a class="citerefentry" href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> server configuration file that swat edits. Other 73 common places that systems install this file are <code class="filename"> 74 /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</code> and <code class="filename">/etc/smb.conf 75 </code>. This file describes all the services the server 76 is to make available to clients. </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481727"></a><h2>WARNINGS</h2><p><code class="literal">swat</code> will rewrite your <a class="citerefentry" href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all 77 comments, <em class="parameter"><code>include=</code></em> and <em class="parameter"><code>copy= 78 </code></em> options. If you have a carefully crafted <code class="filename"> 79 smb.conf</code> then back it up or don't use swat! </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481771"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481782"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><code class="literal">inetd(5)</code>, <a class="citerefentry" href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a>, <a class="citerefentry" href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a></p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481813"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities 80 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed 81 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar 82 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. 83 The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another 84 excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <a class="ulink" href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/" target="_top"> 85 ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</a>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 86 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for 87 Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for 88 Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html> 89