After installing Samba-2.0.5a and running the ./configure, make and make install commands, I modified the /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf files to make sure all was well to get SWAT running. Well, I brought up Netscape and typed the following after restarting the inetd process:

http://localhost:901/

My system tells me that I cannot connect to the machine.
I have checked numerous documentations and find answers that I have already done.

Any help would be appreciated.......

Hi
SWAT comes disabled. comment out the line disable=yes in /etc/xinetd.d/swat . Also you need to make sure your firewall settings allow you to access the port.
Jim

Thanks for replying.
I had to create my /etc/xinetd.d/swat file myself. The Sama installaiton did not create one for me. No probelm there.
I have disable set to no. As far as firewal settings, I have not set any and am not really sure where to even check/set them at this point (I have not gotten to that point yet in my learning). So, as far as I can tell, all my settingsg are correct unless Mandrake 7.2 establishes default firewall settings when it is installed.

Thanks again for your help.

This script made my SWAT server run
service swat
{
disable = no
port = 901
socket_type = stream
wait = no
only_from = (my pc)
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/swat
log_on_failure += USERID
}

Questions though:
can I add more pc's to the "only from" line and how?
Does "user" have to be set to root?
I can't use it if I change it to my other user name..

Just add the IP addresses of the machines you want to access from. I think its fab adjusting the superior machine from windoze.

I have been trying all kinds of stuff but it just doesnt seem to want to work. I dont mind using the smb.conf file at all. Just dont like having the capability of doing something and not being able to get it working

I will post if I can get it going.
Thanks to you all for the help.

Hi
You should be able to access SWAT from your other user account, but you won't be able to do anything except password change. I found SWAT to be tricky to get going, but eventually you have a light bulb moment! Are you sure it's not firewall related? My RH system seemed to disable everything by default. Try disabling FW from LinuxConf and giving 901 another try.
Jim

Try this 1.. It's called Webmin. It'll give you web access to a whole bunch of admin stuff. Including setting up Samba.
http://www.webmin.com/webmin/

Another question..
How do you add 2 ip's to the "only from" line?
Any standard syntax. Like a ; or something?


[Edited by Q25 on 05-18-2001 at 07:10 PM]

Great!
I will give both ideas a try tomorrow and let everyone know how it comes out. At this point I am sure it simply some small access permission setting somewhere I have not checked yet.

Thanks again.

Okay, finally got it working. Here is what I needed to do:

1. When running 'make' during install, my BIOS date was incorrect. This caused the 'make'command to not work properly. Changing this value to correct date and time fixed install problem.

2. SWAT would not allow me to connect simply because I neglected to make sure the inetd daemon was running when the machine booted (yes, I feel VERY silly). On Makdrake, you can simply go into linuxconf, then startup options and change this with a click of the mouse.

My Mandrake 7.2 box did not require me to change any firewall settings.

Thanks again all.
Hope my problem helps other avoid the same problem.

nice..
Have a look at Webmin anyway. I'm pretty sure you wont be disapointed..
I've been testing it out some more. And damn it's nice
There's almost nothing you can't configure or check.

I checked it out a little and indeed it does look awesome.
Thanks for the pointer