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@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec
-.\" from a DocBook document. docbook2man-spec can be found at:
-.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/>
+.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man
+.\" from a DocBook document. This tool can be found at:
+.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SWAT" "8" "28 January 2002" "" ""
+.TH "SWAT" "8" "01 October 2002" "" ""
.SH NAME
swat \- Samba Web Administration Tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.sp
-\fBswat\fR [ \fB-s <smb config file>\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ]
+
+\fBswat\fR [ \fB-s <smb config file>\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ]
+
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-This tool is part of the Sambasuite.
+This tool is part of the Samba suite.
.PP
\fBswat\fR allows a Samba administrator to
-configure the complex \fI smb.conf(5)\fRfile via a Web browser. In addition,
+configure the complex \fI smb.conf(5)\fR file via a Web browser. In addition,
a \fBswat\fR configuration page has help links
to all the configurable options in the \fIsmb.conf\fR file allowing an
administrator to easily look up the effects of any change.
@@ -24,9 +25,9 @@ administrator to easily look up the effects of any change.
.TP
\fB-s smb configuration file\fR
The default configuration file path is
-determined at compile time. The file specified contains
+determined at compile time. The file specified contains
the configuration details required by the \fBsmbd
-\fRserver. This is the file that \fBswat\fR will modify.
+\fR server. This is the file that \fBswat\fR 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.
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@ This option disables authentication and puts
\fBswat\fR in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify
the \fIsmb.conf\fR file.
-\fBDo NOT enable this option on a production
+\fBWARNING: Do NOT enable this option on a production
server. \fR
.SH "INSTALLATION"
.PP
After you compile SWAT you need to run \fBmake install
-\fRto install the \fBswat\fR binary
+\fR to install the \fBswat\fR binary
and the various help files and images. A default install would put
these in:
.TP 0.2i
@@ -57,16 +58,16 @@ these in:
.SS "INETD INSTALLATION"
.PP
You need to edit your \fI/etc/inetd.conf
-\fRand \fI/etc/services\fR
+\fR and \fI/etc/services\fR
to enable SWAT to be launched via \fBinetd\fR.
.PP
In \fI/etc/services\fR you need to
add a line like this:
.PP
-\fBswat 901/tcp\fR
+\fBswat 901/tcp\fR
.PP
Note for NIS/YP users - you may need to rebuild the
-NIS service maps rather than alter your local \fI /etc/services\fR file.
+NIS service maps rather than alter your local \fI /etc/services\fR file.
.PP
the choice of port number isn't really important
except that it should be less than 1024 and not currently
@@ -77,13 +78,13 @@ hole depending on the implementation details of your
In \fI/etc/inetd.conf\fR you should
add a line like this:
.PP
-\fBswat stream tcp nowait.400 root
+\fBswat stream tcp nowait.400 root
/usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat\fR
.PP
One you have edited \fI/etc/services\fR
and \fI/etc/inetd.conf\fR you need to send a
HUP signal to inetd. To do this use \fBkill -1 PID
-\fRwhere PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon.
+\fR where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon.
.SS "LAUNCHING"
.PP
To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and
@@ -102,20 +103,20 @@ information for the meta-daemon.
\fB\fI/etc/services\fB\fR
This file must contain a mapping of service name
(e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type
-(e.g., tcp).
+(e.g., tcp).
.TP
\fB\fI/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf\fB\fR
This is the default location of the \fIsmb.conf(5)
-\fRserver configuration file that swat edits. Other
-common places that systems install this file are \fI /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf\fR and \fI/etc/smb.conf
-\fR\&. This file describes all the services the server
+\fR server configuration file that swat edits. Other
+common places that systems install this file are \fI /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf\fR and \fI/etc/smb.conf
+\fR. This file describes all the services the server
is to make available to clients.
.SH "WARNINGS"
.PP
\fBswat\fR will rewrite your \fIsmb.conf
-\fRfile. It will rearrange the entries and delete all
-comments, \fIinclude=\fR and \fIcopy="
-\fRoptions. If you have a carefully crafted \fI smb.conf\fR then back it up or don't use swat!
+\fR file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all
+comments, \fIinclude=\fR and \fIcopy=
+\fR options. If you have a carefully crafted \fI smb.conf\fR then back it up or don't use swat!
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is correct for version 2.2 of
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ the Samba suite.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBinetd(5)\fR,
-\fBsmbd(8)\fR,
+\fBsmbd(8)\fR
smb.conf(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
@@ -136,5 +137,5 @@ 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
+release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter