mailto(samba@samba.org) manpage(swat htmlcommand((8)))(8)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)(SAMBA) label(NAME) manpagename(swat)(Samba Web Administration Tool) label(SYNOPSIS) manpagesynopsis() bf(swat) [link(-s smb config file)(minuss)] [link(-a)(minusa)] label(DESCRIPTION) manpagedescription() This program is part of the bf(Samba) suite. bf(swat) allows a Samba administrator to configure the complex url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file via a Web browser. In addition, a swat configuration page has help links to all the configurable options in the url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file allowing an administrator to easily look up the effects of any change. bf(swat) is run from bf(inetd) label(OPTIONS) manpageoptions() startdit() label(minuss) dit(bf(-s smb configuration file)) The default configuration file path is determined at compile time. The file specified contains the configuration details required by the url(bf(smbd))(smbd.8.html) server. This is the file that bf(swat) 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 url(smb.conf (5))(smb.conf.5.html) for more information. label(minusa) dit(bf(-a)) This option disables authentication and puts bf(swat) in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify the url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file. Do NOT enable this option on a production server. endit() label(INSTALLATION) manpagesection(INSTALLATION) After you compile SWAT you need to run tt("make install") to install the swat binary and the various help files and images. A default install would put these in: verb( /usr/local/samba/bin/swat /usr/local/samba/swat/images/* /usr/local/samba/swat/help/* ) label(INETD) manpagesection(INETD INSTALLATION) You need to edit your tt(/etc/inetd.conf) and tt(/etc/services) to enable bf(SWAT) to be launched via inetd. In tt(/etc/services) you need to add a line like this: tt(swat 901/tcp) Note for NIS/YP users - you may need to rebuild the NIS service maps rather than alter your local tt(/etc/services) file. 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 bf(inetd) daemon). In tt(/etc/inetd.conf) you should add a line like this: tt(swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat) One you have edited tt(/etc/services) and tt(/etc/inetd.conf) you need to send a HUP signal to inetd. To do this use tt("kill -1 PID") where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon. label(LAUNCHING) manpagesection(LAUNCHING) To launch bf(swat) just run your favorite web browser and point it at tt(http://localhost:901/). bf(Note that you can attach to bf(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.) manpagefiles() bf(/etc/inetd.conf) This file must contain suitable startup information for the meta-daemon. bf(/etc/services) This file must contain a mapping of service name (e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type (e.g., tcp). bf(/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf) This is the default location of the em(smb.conf) server configuration file that bf(swat) edits. Other common places that systems install this file are em(/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf) and em(/etc/smb.conf). This file describes all the services the server is to make available to clients. See bf(smb.conf (5)) for more information. label(WARNINGS) manpagesection(WARNINGS) bf(swat) will rewrite your url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all comments, url(bf("include="))(smb.conf.5.html#include) and url(bf("copy="))(smb.conf.5.html#copy) options. If you have a carefully crafted url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) then back it up or don't use bf(swat)! label(VERSION) manpagesection(VERSION) This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite. label(SEEALSO) manpageseealso() bf(inetd (8)), url(bf(nmbd (8)))(nmbd.8.html), url(bf(smb.conf (5)))(smb.conf.5.html). label(AUTHOR) manpageauthor() The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell (samba@samba.org). Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. 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 url(bf(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/))(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/)) and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. email(samba@samba.org). See url(bf(samba (7)))(samba.7.html) to find out how to get a full list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports, comments etc.