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6 <refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
7 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
12 <refname>swat</refname>
13 <refpurpose>Samba Web Administration Tool</refpurpose>
18 <command>swat</command>
19 <arg choice="opt">-s <smb config file></arg>
20 <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
21 <arg choice="opt">-P</arg>
26 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
28 <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
29 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
32 <para><command>swat</command> allows a Samba administrator to
33 configure the complex <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
34 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file via a Web browser. In addition,
35 a <command>swat</command> configuration page has help links
36 to all the configurable options in the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file allowing an
37 administrator to easily look up the effects of any change. </para>
39 <para><command>swat</command> is run from <command>inetd</command> </para>
44 <title>OPTIONS</title>
48 <term>-s smb configuration file</term>
49 <listitem><para>The default configuration file path is
50 determined at compile time. The file specified contains
51 the configuration details required by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
52 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> server. This is the file
53 that <command>swat</command> will modify.
54 The information in this file includes server-specific
55 information such as what printcap file to use, as well as
56 descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide.
57 See <filename>smb.conf</filename> for more information.
64 <listitem><para>This option disables authentication and puts
65 <command>swat</command> in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify
66 the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file. </para>
68 <para><emphasis>WARNING: Do NOT enable this option on a production
69 server. </emphasis></para></listitem>
74 <listitem><para>This option restricts read-only users to the password
75 management page. <command>swat</command> can then be used to change
76 user passwords without users seeing the "View" and "Status" menu
77 buttons.</para></listitem>
89 <title>INSTALLATION</title>
91 <para>Swat is included as binary package with most distributions. The
92 package manager in this case takes care of the installation and
93 configuration. This section is only for those who have compiled
97 <para>After you compile SWAT you need to run <command>make install
98 </command> to install the <command>swat</command> binary
99 and the various help files and images. A default install would put
103 <listitem><para>/usr/local/samba/sbin/swat</para></listitem>
104 <listitem><para>/usr/local/samba/swat/images/*</para></listitem>
105 <listitem><para>/usr/local/samba/swat/help/*</para></listitem>
109 <title>Inetd Installation</title>
111 <para>You need to edit your <filename>/etc/inetd.conf
112 </filename> and <filename>/etc/services</filename>
113 to enable SWAT to be launched via <command>inetd</command>.</para>
115 <para>In <filename>/etc/services</filename> you need to
116 add a line like this: </para>
118 <para><command>swat 901/tcp</command></para>
120 <para>Note for NIS/YP and LDAP users - you may need to rebuild the
121 NIS service maps rather than alter your local <filename>
122 /etc/services</filename> file. </para>
124 <para>the choice of port number isn't really important
125 except that it should be less than 1024 and not currently
126 used (using a number above 1024 presents an obscure security
127 hole depending on the implementation details of your
128 <command>inetd</command> daemon). </para>
130 <para>In <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> you should
131 add a line like this: </para>
133 <para><command>swat stream tcp nowait.400 root
134 /usr/local/samba/sbin/swat swat</command></para>
136 <para>Once you have edited <filename>/etc/services</filename>
137 and <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> you need to send a
138 HUP signal to inetd. To do this use <command>kill -1 PID
139 </command> where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon. </para>
148 <title>LAUNCHING</title>
150 <para>To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and
151 point it at "http://localhost:901/".</para>
153 <para>Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected
154 machine but connecting from a remote machine leaves your
155 connection open to password sniffing as passwords will be sent
156 in the clear over the wire. </para>
164 <term><filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename></term>
165 <listitem><para>This file must contain suitable startup
166 information for the meta-daemon.</para></listitem>
170 <term><filename>/etc/services</filename></term>
171 <listitem><para>This file must contain a mapping of service name
172 (e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type
173 (e.g., tcp). </para></listitem>
177 <term><filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename></term>
178 <listitem><para>This is the default location of the <citerefentry>
179 <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
180 </citerefentry> server configuration file that swat edits. Other
181 common places that systems install this file are <filename>
182 /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename> and <filename>/etc/smb.conf
183 </filename>. This file describes all the services the server
184 is to make available to clients. </para></listitem>
191 <title>WARNINGS</title>
193 <para><command>swat</command> will rewrite your <citerefentry>
194 <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
195 </citerefentry> file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all
196 comments, <parameter>include=</parameter> and <parameter>copy=
197 </parameter> options. If you have a carefully crafted <filename>
198 smb.conf</filename> then back it up or don't use swat! </para>
203 <title>VERSION</title>
205 <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
209 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
210 <para><command>inetd(5)</command>, <citerefentry>
211 <refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
212 </citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
213 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
217 <title>AUTHOR</title>
219 <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
220 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
221 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
222 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
224 <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
225 The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
226 excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
227 ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
228 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
229 Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for
230 Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>