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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SWAT" "8" "01 June 2001" "" ""
+.TH "SWAT" "8" "10 October 2001" "" ""
.SH NAME
swat \- Samba Web Administration Tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ This tool is part of the Sambasuite.
\fBswat\fR allows a Samba administrator to
configure the complex \fI smb.conf(5)\fRfile via a Web browser. In addition,
a \fBswat\fR configuration page has help links
-to all the configurable options in the smb.conf file allowing an
+to all the configurable options in the \fIsmb.conf\fR file allowing an
administrator to easily look up the effects of any change.
.PP
-swat is run from inetd
+\fBswat\fR is run from \fBinetd\fR
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\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
-\fRserver. This is the file that swat will modify.
+\fRserver. 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.
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ See \fIsmb.conf\fR for more information.
.TP
\fB-a\fR
This option disables authentication and puts
-swat in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify
-the smb.conf file.
+\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
server. \fR
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ these in:
.PP
You need to edit your \fI/etc/inetd.conf
\fRand \fI/etc/services\fR
-to enable SWAT to be launched via inetd.
+to enable SWAT to be launched via \fBinetd\fR.
.PP
In \fI/etc/services\fR you need to
add a line like this:
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ HUP signal to inetd. To do this use \fBkill -1 PID
\fRwhere PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon.
.SS "LAUNCHING"
.PP
-To launch swat just run your favorite web browser and
+To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and
point it at "http://localhost:901/".
.PP
-Note that you can attach to swat from any IP connected
+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.
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ the Samba suite.
.PP
\fBinetd(5)\fR,
\fBsmbd(8)\fR,
-smb.conf(5).SH "AUTHOR"
+smb.conf(5)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities
were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed