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SWAT(8)


NAME

  swat - Samba Web Administration Tool


SYNOPSIS

  swat [ -s <smb config file> ]	 [ -a ]


DESCRIPTION

  This tool is part of the  Samba suite.

  swat allows a Samba administrator to configure the complex  smb.conf(5)
  file via a Web browser. In addition, a swat configuration page has help
  links to all the configurable options in the smb.conf file allowing an
  administrator to easily look up the effects of any change.

  swat is run from inetd


OPTIONS

  -s smb configuration file
       The default configuration file path is determined at compile time. The
       file specified contains the configuration details required by the smbd
       server. This is the file that 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 smb.conf for more information.

  -a   This option disables authentication and puts swat in demo mode. In
       that mode anyone will be able to modify the smb.conf file.

       Do NOT enable this option on a production server.


INSTALLATION

  After you compile SWAT you need to run make install to install the swat
  binary and the various help files and images. A default install would put
  these in:

  · /usr/local/samba/bin/swat

  · /usr/local/samba/swat/images/*

  · /usr/local/samba/swat/help/*

  INETD INSTALLATION

  You need to edit your /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services to enable SWAT to
  be launched via inetd.

  In /etc/services you need to add a line like this:

  swat 901/tcp

  Note for NIS/YP users - you may need to rebuild the NIS service maps rather
  than alter your local	 /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
  inetd daemon).

  In /etc/inetd.conf you should add a line like this:

  swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat

  One you have edited /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf you need to send a
  HUP signal to inetd. To do this use kill -1 PID where PID is the process ID
  of the inetd daemon.

  XINETD INSTALLATION

  Newer Linux systems ship with a more secure implementation of the inetd
  meta-daemon. The xinetd daemon can read configuration inf9ormation from a
  single file (i.e.  /etc/xinetd.conf) or from a collection of service
  control files in the xinetd.d/ directory.  These directions assume the
  latter configuration.

  The following file should be created as /etc/xientd.d/swat.  It is then be
  neccessary cause the meta-daemon to reload its configuration files.  Refer
  to the xinetd man page for details on how to accomplish this.

  ## /etc/xinetd.d/swat
  service swat
  {
	  port	  = 901
	  socket_type	  = stream
	  wait	  = no
	  only_from = localhost
	  user	  = root
	  server  = /usr/local/samba/bin/swat
	  log_on_failure  += USERID
	  disable =  No
  }

  LAUNCHING

  To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and point it at
  "http://localhost:901/".

  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.


TROUBLESHOOTING

  One of the common causes of difficulty when installing Samba and SWAT is
  the existsnece of some type of firewall or port filtering software on the
  Samba server. Make sure that the appropriate ports outlined in this man
  page are available on the server and are not currently being blocked by
  some type of security software such as iptables or "port sentry". For more
  troubleshooting information, refer to the additional documentation included
  in the Samba distribution.


FILES

  /etc/inetd.conf
       This file must contain suitable startup information for the meta-
       daemon.

  /etc/xinetd.d/swat
       This file must contain suitable startup information for the xinetd
       meta-daemon.

  /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).

  /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
       This is the default location of the smb.conf(5) server configuration
       file that swat edits. Other common places that systems install this
       file are	 /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf and /etc/smb.conf . This file
       describes all the services the server is to make available to clients.


WARNINGS

  swat will rewrite your smb.conf file. It will rearrange the entries and
  delete all comments, include= and copy=" options. If you have a carefully
  crafted  smb.conf then back it up or don't use swat!


VERSION

  This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba suite.


SEE ALSO

  inetd(5), smbd(8) smb.conf(5) xinetd(8)


AUTHOR

  The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew
  Tridgell. 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 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

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