I'm new to this but need help understanding why my Samba Swat file isn't working.

I previously installed RedHat 9.0 and managed to get Samba and Swat working between my Linux box and my Xp box. Then I re-booted the machines and lost the connection. I could see the LInux box from XP but could not access it. Couldn't even find the XP machine from Linux.

So, I had a Fedor disk and decided to install that. Well, the SWAT folder is missing from the Samba folder so I downloaded Samba 3.0.3 and extracted it to the /etc/samba directory.

I can see the SWAT folder there and I can even bring up the home page by double-clicking (still a GUI user at heart) but when I try to bring it up in the browser using http://localhost:901 I get an error message.

Is there a simple solution to this? I guess I could reinstall the older version of SAMBA from the RedHat CD but I shouldn't have to go backwards.

HELP!!!


Xtec2

Have you actually installed samba or have you just extracted the archive?

Also, what error are you actually getting?

David,

I guess I just extracted and didn't install. I'll have to look through the manual for install instructions.

The error message I get when trying to access SWAT is:
The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost 901.

If you can point me to a site with specific instructions, I'd be most grateful. I purchased two manuals so far and neither of them are very useful. They really only cover the GUI portion of Fedora.

Thanks for any help.

Cathy
Xtec2

There should be a README or INSTALL file in the package you downloaded, it should contain all you need for installing samba.

David,

Perhaps I'm just a Microsoft moron but I read the readme file and the install file and here is my next question.

If I can bring up the SWAT html page... then to me, that should mean the package was installed. I downloaded the samba 3.0.3.tar.gz file from the samba.org site and extracted it. I see the swat folder and files, I don't understand why I need to run make install.

I also read in one of the many instructional pages that "The package manager in this case takes care of the installation and configuration" so I assumed the file was installed.

I'm going to give it another week. If I don't make any more progress than this I'm going back to Microsoft. Billy Boy is expensive, but he isn't too complicated.

Thanks for your help so far.

If you copy all the files from an Office 2000 disk to your hard drive can you run it?

No. You need to install it. Swat runs as a service and needs to be run when the system boots. Samba will also need to be compiled for your system architecture. That is what the instructions show you how to do.

xtec2,

Here's a pearl I got from reading the RED HAT LINUX 9 BIBLE by Chris Negus on page 685:

You may need to turn the swat service on before using it. Installing it alone does not turn it on.

Here's how you do it:

# chkconfig swat on (note that you need to "su", or be logged on as root to do this.)

Once that is done, restart the xinetd start-up script as follows:

# service xinetd restart.

THEN, open your bowser, and type in "http://localhost:901/" and see if that works for you.


I am currently having the same issue trying to figure out the verbage to open swat on Mandrake 10 Official.
My Red Hat commands are not working. (Imagine that.)

Let me know if this works for you.