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This is a brief description of how to install and use the Samba Web Administration Tool on your machine. Installation ------------ After you compile SWAT you need to run "make install" to install the swat binary and the various help files and images. A default install would put these in: /usr/local/samba/bin/swat /usr/local/samba/swat/images/* /usr/local/samba/swat/help/* Running via inetd ----------------- You then need to edit your /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services to enable SWAT to be launched via inetd. In /etc/services you need to add a line like this: swat 901/tcp the choice of port number isn't really important except that it should be less than 1024 and not currently used (using a number above 1024 presents an obscure security hole depending on the implementation details of your inetd daemon). In /etc/inetd.conf you should add a line like this: swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat One you have edited /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf you need to send a HUP signal to inetd. On many systems "killall -1 inetd" will do this on others you will need to use "kill -1 PID" where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon. Launching --------- To launch SWAT just run your favourite web browser and point it at http://localhost:901/ Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected machine but connecting from a remote machine leaves your connection open to password sniffing as passwords will be sent in the clear over the wire. You should be prompted for a username/password when you connect. You will need to provide the username "root" and the correct root password. Running ------- Just follow your nose! If you can't work out how to use it then maybe you should use "vi smb.conf" instead. WARNINGS -------- SWAT will rewrite your smb.conf file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all comments, include= and copy= options. If you have a carefully crafted smb.conf then back it up or don't use SWAT! Development ----------- Please join the samba-technical mailing list if you want to discuss the development of SWAT. Note that this list is for technical developer discussions and is not a general help list.