1mailto(samba@samba.org) 
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3manpage(swat htmlcommand((8)))(8)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)(SAMBA)
4
5label(NAME)
6manpagename(swat)(Samba Web Administration Tool)
7
8label(SYNOPSIS)
9manpagesynopsis()
10
11bf(swat) [link(-s smb config file)(minuss)] [link(-a)(minusa)]
12
13label(DESCRIPTION)
14manpagedescription()
15
16This program is part of the bf(Samba) suite.
17
18bf(swat) allows a Samba administrator to configure the complex
19url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file via a Web browser. In
20addition, a swat configuration page has help links to all the
21configurable options in the url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file
22allowing an administrator to easily look up the effects of any change.
23
24bf(swat) is run from bf(inetd)
25
26label(OPTIONS)
27manpageoptions()
28
29startdit()
30
31label(minuss)
32dit(bf(-s smb configuration file)) The default configuration file path is
33determined at compile time.
34
35The file specified contains the configuration details required by the
36url(bf(smbd))(smbd.8.html) server. This is the file that bf(swat) will
37modify. The information in this file includes server-specific
38information such as what printcap file to use, as well as descriptions
39of all the services that the server is to provide. See url(smb.conf
40(5))(smb.conf.5.html) for more information.
41
42label(minusa)
43dit(bf(-a)) 
44
45This option disables authentication and puts bf(swat) in demo mode. In
46that mode anyone will be able to modify the
47url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file.
48
49Do NOT enable this option on a production server.
50
51endit()
52
53label(INSTALLATION)
54manpagesection(INSTALLATION)
55
56After you compile SWAT you need to run tt("make install") to install the
57swat binary and the various help files and images. A default install
58would put these in:
59
60verb(
61/usr/local/samba/bin/swat
62/usr/local/samba/swat/images/*
63/usr/local/samba/swat/help/*
64)
65
66label(INETD)
67manpagesection(INETD INSTALLATION)
68
69You need to edit your tt(/etc/inetd.conf) and tt(/etc/services) to
70enable bf(SWAT) to be launched via inetd. 
71
72In tt(/etc/services) you need to add a line like this:
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74tt(swat            901/tcp)
75
76Note for NIS/YP users - you may need to rebuild the NIS service maps
77rather than alter your local tt(/etc/services) file.
78
79the choice of port number isn't really important except that it should
80be less than 1024 and not currently used (using a number above 1024
81presents an obscure security hole depending on the implementation
82details of your bf(inetd) daemon).
83
84In tt(/etc/inetd.conf) you should add a line like this:
85
86tt(swat    stream  tcp     nowait.400  root    /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat)
87
88One you have edited tt(/etc/services) and tt(/etc/inetd.conf) you need
89to send a HUP signal to inetd. To do this use tt("kill -1 PID") where
90PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon.
91
92label(LAUNCHING)
93manpagesection(LAUNCHING)
94
95To launch bf(swat) just run your favorite web browser and point it at
96tt(http://localhost:901/).
97
98bf(Note that you can attach to bf(swat) from any IP connected machine but
99connecting from a remote machine leaves your connection open to
100password sniffing as passwords will be sent in the clear over the
101wire.)
102
103manpagefiles()
104
105bf(/etc/inetd.conf)
106
107This file must contain suitable startup information for the
108meta-daemon. 
109
110bf(/etc/services)
111
112This file must contain a mapping of service name (e.g., swat) to
113service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type (e.g., tcp). 
114
115bf(/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf)
116
117This is the default location of the em(smb.conf) server configuration
118file that bf(swat) edits. Other common places that systems install
119this file are em(/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf) and em(/etc/smb.conf).
120
121This file describes all the services the server is to make available
122to clients. See bf(smb.conf (5)) for more information.
123
124label(WARNINGS)
125manpagesection(WARNINGS)
126
127bf(swat) will rewrite your url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file. It
128will rearrange the entries and delete all comments,
129url(bf("include="))(smb.conf.5.html#include) and
130url(bf("copy="))(smb.conf.5.html#copy) options. If you have a
131carefully crafted url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) then back it up
132or don't use bf(swat)!
133
134label(VERSION)
135manpagesection(VERSION)
136
137This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite.
138
139label(SEEALSO)
140manpageseealso()
141
142bf(inetd (8)), url(bf(nmbd (8)))(nmbd.8.html),
143url(bf(smb.conf (5)))(smb.conf.5.html).
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145label(AUTHOR)
146manpageauthor()
147
148The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
149Andrew Tridgell (samba@samba.org). Samba is now developed
150by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
151Linux kernel is developed.
152
153The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
154sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
155Source software, available at
156url(bf(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/))(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/))
157and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.
158email(samba@samba.org).
159
160See url(bf(samba (7)))(samba.7.html) to find out how to get a full
161list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
162comments etc.
163