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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/swat.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/swat.8.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8e31651272 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/htmldocs/swat.8.html @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +<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 V1.60.1"></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><div></div></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><tt class="command">swat</tt> [-s <smb config file>] [-a]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p><b class="command">swat</b> allows a Samba administrator to + configure the complex <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file via a Web browser. In addition, + a <b class="command">swat</b> configuration page has help links + to all the configurable options in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file allowing an + administrator to easily look up the effects of any change. </p><p><b class="command">swat</b> is run from <b class="command">inetd</b> </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><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 + determined at compile time. The file specified contains + the configuration details required by the <a href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a> server. This is the file + that <b class="command">swat</b> 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 <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> for more information. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-a</span></dt><dd><p>This option disables authentication and puts + <b class="command">swat</b> in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify + the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file. </p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>WARNING: Do NOT enable this option on a production + server. </em></span></p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the program version number. +</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s <configuration file></span></dt><dd><p>The file specified contains the +configuration details required by the server. 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 <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> for more information. +The default configuration file name is determined at +compile time.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d|--debug=debuglevel</span></dt><dd><p><i class="replaceable"><tt>debuglevel</tt></i> is an integer +from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is +not specified is zero.</p><p>The higher this value, the more detail will be +logged to the log files about the activities of the +server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious +warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for +day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of +information about operations carried out.</p><p>Levels above 1 will generate considerable +amounts of log data, and should only be used when +investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for +use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log +data, most of which is extremely cryptic.</p><p>Note that specifying this parameter here will +override the <a class="indexterm" name="id2796611"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>log level</tt></i> parameter +in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-l|--logfile=logbasename</span></dt><dd><p>File name for log/debug files. The extension +<tt class="constant">".client"</tt> will be appended. The log file is +never removed by the client. +</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options. +</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>INSTALLATION</h2><p>Swat is included as binary package with most distributions. The + package manager in this case takes care of the installation and + configuration. This section is only for those who have compiled + swat from scratch. + </p><p>After you compile SWAT you need to run <b class="command">make install + </b> to install the <b class="command">swat</b> binary + and the various help files and images. A default install would put + these in: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>/usr/local/samba/bin/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"><h3>Inetd Installation</h3><p>You need to edit your <tt class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf + </tt> and <tt class="filename">/etc/services</tt> + to enable SWAT to be launched via <b class="command">inetd</b>.</p><p>In <tt class="filename">/etc/services</tt> you need to + add a line like this: </p><p><b class="command">swat 901/tcp</b></p><p>Note for NIS/YP and LDAP users - you may need to rebuild the + NIS service maps rather than alter your local <tt class="filename"> + /etc/services</tt> file. </p><p>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 + <b class="command">inetd</b> daemon). </p><p>In <tt class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</tt> you should + add a line like this: </p><p><b class="command">swat stream tcp nowait.400 root + /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat</b></p><p>One you have edited <tt class="filename">/etc/services</tt> + and <tt class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</tt> you need to send a + HUP signal to inetd. To do this use <b class="command">kill -1 PID + </b> where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon. </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>LAUNCHING</h2><p>To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and + point it at "http://localhost:901/".</p><p>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. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>FILES</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/etc/inetd.conf</tt></span></dt><dd><p>This file must contain suitable startup + information for the meta-daemon.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/etc/services</tt></span></dt><dd><p>This file must contain a mapping of service name + (e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type + (e.g., tcp). </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="filename">/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</tt></span></dt><dd><p>This is the default location of the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> server configuration file that swat edits. Other + common places that systems install this file are <tt class="filename"> + /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</tt> and <tt class="filename">/etc/smb.conf + </tt>. This file describes all the services the server + is to make available to clients. </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>WARNINGS</h2><p><b class="command">swat</b> will rewrite your <a 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 + comments, <i class="parameter"><tt>include=</tt></i> and <i class="parameter"><tt>copy= + </tt></i> options. If you have a carefully crafted <tt class="filename"> + smb.conf</tt> then back it up or don't use swat! </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><b class="command">inetd(5)</b>, <a href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a>, <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a></p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>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.</p><p>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 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"> + ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 + release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for + Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for + Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html> |