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+++ b/docs/manpages/swat.8
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
.\" <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" "07 april 2003" "" ""
-
+.TH "SWAT" "8" "04 March 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
swat \- Samba Web Administration Tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,10 +12,10 @@ swat \- Samba Web Administration Tool
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-This tool is part of the \fBSamba\fR(7) suite.
+This tool is part of the Samba suite.
.PP
\fBswat\fR allows a Samba administrator to
-configure the complex \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) file 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.
@@ -27,8 +26,8 @@ administrator to easily look up the effects of any change.
\fB-s smb configuration file\fR
The default configuration file path is
determined at compile time. The file specified contains
-the configuration details required by the \fBsmbd\fR(8) server. This is the file
-that \fBswat\fR will modify.
+the configuration details required by the \fBsmbd
+\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.
@@ -41,57 +40,8 @@ the \fIsmb.conf\fR file.
\fBWARNING: Do NOT enable this option on a production
server. \fR
-.TP
-\fB-V\fR
-Prints the version number for
-\fBsmbd\fR.
-.TP
-\fB-s <configuration file>\fR
-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 \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR for more information.
-The default configuration file name is determined at
-compile time.
-.TP
-\fB-d|--debug=debuglevel\fR
-\fIdebuglevel\fR is an integer
-from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is
-not specified is zero.
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-Note that specifying this parameter here will
-override the log
-level file.
-.TP
-\fB-l|--logfile=logbasename\fR
-File name for log/debug files. The extension
-".client" will be appended. The log file is
-never removed by the client.
-.TP
-\fB-h|--help\fR
-Print a summary of command line options.
.SH "INSTALLATION"
.PP
-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.
-.PP
After you compile SWAT you need to run \fBmake install
\fR to install the \fBswat\fR binary
and the various help files and images. A default install would put
@@ -116,7 +66,7 @@ add a line like this:
.PP
\fBswat 901/tcp\fR
.PP
-Note for NIS/YP and LDAP users - you may need to rebuild the
+Note for NIS/YP users - you may need to rebuild the
NIS service maps rather than alter your local \fI /etc/services\fR file.
.PP
the choice of port number isn't really important
@@ -135,7 +85,7 @@ 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
\fR where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon.
-.SH "LAUNCHING"
+.SS "LAUNCHING"
.PP
To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and
point it at "http://localhost:901/".
@@ -156,21 +106,26 @@ This file must contain a mapping of service name
(e.g., tcp).
.TP
\fB\fI/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf\fB\fR
-This is the default location of the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) server configuration file that swat edits. Other
+This is the default location of the \fIsmb.conf(5)
+\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 \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all
+\fBswat\fR will rewrite your \fIsmb.conf
+\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 3.0 of the Samba suite.
+This man page is correct for version 2.2 of
+the Samba suite.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBinetd(5)\fR, \fBsmbd\fR(8), \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
+\fBinetd(5)\fR,
+\fBsmbd(8)\fR
+smb.conf(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities
@@ -180,7 +135,7 @@ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
.PP
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
+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
-Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for
-Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
+Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter