Samba setup on RH8.0

[Rick Stevens]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> Jared L. Black wrote:
[snip]
>>> The easiest way to administer samba is to use swat.  Run "service swat
>>> start", then point your web browser to "http://localhost:901".  Once
>>> you log in as the root user with the root user's password, you'll be
>>> given a GUI that you can manage the whole thing.  The on-line help is
>>> good and can explain a lot of stuff.  When you're done, disable swat
>>> by running "service swat stop" (you don't want outsiders to get at your
>>> swat config) or you can set up iptables to block outside incoming
>>> access to port 901 and leave swat running.  It's up to you (I tend to
>>> stop swat when not using it).
>>>
>>> I also recommend you get a copy of the O'Reilly book "Using Samba" by
>>> Eckstein, Collier-Brown and Kelly.  I consider it essential for Samba
>>> users--especially when you start using domain security or a Windows
>>> PDC for authentication.
>>
>> Rick:
>> Thanks for the reply.  I'll take your advice and get the Using Samba
>> book.  In the meantime, I couldn't find a directory where the "service
>> swat start" command would work (command not found). Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Uh, oops!  My bad.  Sorry about that.  It's an xinetd-spawned program.
> Do this as root:
> 
>     # vi /etc/xinetd.d/swat
> 
> Find the line that says "disable = yes" and change it to "disable = no".
> Save the file, then enter:
> 
>     # killall -HUP xinetd
> 
> Then you can point your browser to "http://localhost:901" and have at
> it.  To disable swat, change the line back to "disable = yes" and do
> the "killall" again.
> 
> Again, sorry about that.

I forgot one other thing...you may have to install the RPM for it.
The RPM is called "samba-swat" and it's on one of your CDs.  If you're
running yum, you can "yum install samba-swat".
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