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64 Deploying Samba on IBM Eserver BladeCenter

4.2.2 Using SWAT

The Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) allows the remote modification of the smb.conf

configuration file through a Web browser. That means you can configure Samba in a GUI-like

environment. SWAT itself is a small Web server and CGI scripting application, designed to

run from inetd and provides access to the configuration file.

An authorized user with the root password can modify the configuration file via the SWAT

Web pages. The Web pages also have help links next to all configurable options, which is

very useful when making changes.

Before using SWAT, you must check:

1. That /etc/services has the line:

swat 901/tcp

2. That there is a swat file in the /etc/xinetd.d directory and it contains the line:

disable = no

3. And, if you want to access SWAT from another system, that the following line in the swat

file is commented out:

only_from = localhost

If any changes were made to either file, restart xinetd by executing the command:

service xinetd restart

Access to the SWAT service can be controlled through entries in the /etc/hosts.deny and

/etc/hosts.allow files.

To access SWAT, open your favorite Web browser and type in the IP address of your Samba

server appended with port 901:

http://localhost:901

After the SWAT home page is loaded, you will see a window similar to Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1 Login prompt

Type in the user name and password of the Linux user defined on your Linux server. Click OK

to continue. If the root ID is used, you will see a page similar to Figure 4-2 on page 65.

Note: After any changes are made to the configuration file, the Samba server must be

restarted. Restarting the server is detailed in 4.4, “Starting and stopping the Samba

server” on page 77.

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