From 99bde6889d3d8b7a9e950c86c30e82662e1dacdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 02:58:53 +0000 Subject: syncing files from 3.0 into HEAD again (This used to be commit bca0bba209255d0effbae6a3d3b6d298f0952c3a) --- docs/htmldocs/SWAT.html | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/htmldocs/SWAT.html') diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/SWAT.html b/docs/htmldocs/SWAT.html index b4067d75d8..30df1ed778 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/SWAT.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/SWAT.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Chapter 32. SWAT - The Samba Web Administration Tool

Chapter 32. SWAT - The Samba Web Administration Tool

John H. Terpstra

Samba Team

April 21, 2003

+Chapter 32. SWAT - The Samba Web Administration Tool

Chapter 32. SWAT - The Samba Web Administration Tool

John H. Terpstra

Samba Team

April 21, 2003

There are many and varied opinions regarding the usefulness or otherwise of SWAT. No matter how hard one tries to produce the perfect configuration tool it remains an object of personal taste. SWAT is a tool that will allow web based configuration @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ of samba. It has a wizard that may help to get samba configured quickly, it has sensitive help on each smb.conf parameter, it provides for monitoring of current state of connection information, and it allows network wide MS Windows network password management. -

Features and Benefits

+

Features and Benefits

There are network administrators who believe that it is a good idea to write systems documentation inside configuration files, for them SWAT will aways be a nasty tool. SWAT does not store the configuration file in any intermediate form, rather, it stores only the @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ internal ordering. So before using SWAT please be warned - SWAT will completely replace your smb.conf with a fully optimised file that has been stripped of all comments you might have placed there and only non-default settings will be written to the file. -

Enabling SWAT for use

+

Enabling SWAT for use

SWAT should be installed to run via the network super daemon. Depending on which system -your Unix/Linux system has you will have either an inetd or +your UNIX/Linux system has you will have either an inetd or xinetd based system.

The nature and location of the network super-daemon varies with the operating system @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ So long as you log onto SWAT as the user rootHOME, GLOBALS, SHARES, PRINTERS, WIZARD, STATUS, VIEW, PASSWORD. -

Securing SWAT through SSL

+

Securing SWAT through SSL

Lots of people have asked about how to setup SWAT with SSL to allow for secure remote administration of Samba. Here is a method that works, courtesy of Markus Krieger

@@ -82,22 +82,22 @@ Modifications to the swat setup are as following:

  • generate certificate and private key -

    +

     root# /usr/bin/openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -config \
    - 	/usr/share/doc/packages/stunnel/stunnel.cnf \
    +	/usr/share/doc/packages/stunnel/stunnel.cnf \
     	-out /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem -keyout /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem
    -	
  • +

  • remove swat-entry from [x]inetd

  • start stunnel -

    +

     root# stunnel -p /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem -d 901 \
     	 -l /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat 
    -	
  • +

    afterwords simply contact to swat by using the URL https://myhost:901, accept the certificate and the SSL connection is up. -

    The SWAT Home Page

    +

    The SWAT Home Page

    The SWAT title page provides access to the latest Samba documentation. The manual page for each samba component is accessible from this page as are the Samba-HOWTO-Collection (this document) as well as the O'Reilly book "Using Samba". @@ -105,15 +105,14 @@ document) as well as the O'Reilly book "Using Samba". Administrators who wish to validate their samba configuration may obtain useful information from the man pages for the diagnostic utilities. These are available from the SWAT home page also. One diagnostic tool that is NOT mentioned on this page, but that is particularly -useful is ethereal, available from -http://www.ethereal.com. +useful is ethereal.

    Warning

    SWAT can be configured to run in demo mode. This is NOT recommended as it runs SWAT without authentication and with full administrative ability. ie: Allows changes to smb.conf as well as general operation with root privileges. The option that creates this ability is the -a flag to swat. Do not use this in any production environment. -

    Global Settings

    +

    Global Settings

    The Globals button will expose a page that allows configuration of the global parameters in smb.conf. There are three levels of exposure of the parameters:

    • @@ -126,8 +125,8 @@ in smb.conf. There are three levels of exposure of the parameters: will want to tamper with.

    To switch to other than Basic editing ability click on either the -Advanced or the Developer dial, then click the -Commit Changes button. +Advanced or the Developer button. You may also +do this by clicking on the radio button, then click the Commit Changes button.

    After making any changes to configuration parameters make sure that you click on the Commit Changes button before moving to another area otherwise @@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ your changes will be immediately lost.

    Note

    SWAT has context sensitive help. To find out what each parameter is for simply click the Help link to the left of the configuration parameter. -

    Share Settings

    +

    Share Settings

    To affect a currently configured share, simply click on the pull down button between the Choose Share and the Delete Share buttons, select the share you wish to operate on, then to edit the settings click on the @@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ select the share you wish to operate on, then to edit the settings click on the To create a new share, next to the button labelled Create Share enter into the text field the name of the share to be created, then click on the Create Share button. -

    Printers Settings

    +

    Printers Settings

    To affect a currently configured printer, simply click on the pull down button between the Choose Printer and the Delete Printer buttons, select the printer you wish to operate on, then to edit the settings click on the @@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ select the printer you wish to operate on, then to edit the settings click on th To create a new printer, next to the button labelled Create Printer enter into the text field the name of the share to be created, then click on the Create Printer button. -

    The SWAT Wizard

    +

    The SWAT Wizard

    The purpose if the SWAT Wizard is to help the Microsoft knowledgeable network administrator to configure Samba with a minimum of effort.

    @@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ Finally, there are a limited set of options that will determine what type of ser will be configured for, whether it will be a WINS server, participate as a WINS client, or operate with no WINS support. By clicking on one button you can elect to expose (or not) user home directories. -

    The Status Page

    +

    The Status Page

    The status page serves a limited purpose. Firstly, it allows control of the samba daemons. The key daemons that create the samba server environment are: smbd, nmbd, winbindd.

    @@ -182,11 +181,11 @@ conditions with minimal effort.

    Lastly, the Status page may be used to terminate specific smbd client connections in order to free files that may be locked. -

    The View Page

    +

    The View Page

    This page allows the administrator to view the optimised smb.conf file and, if you are particularly masochistic, will permit you also to see all possible global configuration parameters and their settings. -

    The Password Change Page

    +

    The Password Change Page

    The Password Change page is a popular tool. This tool allows the creation, deletion, deactivation and reactivation of MS Windows networking users on the local machine. Alternatively, you can use this tool to change a local password for a user account. @@ -197,4 +196,4 @@ required.

    One popular use for this tool is to change user passwords across a range of remote MS Windows servers. -

    +

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