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<refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
        <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
        <refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
        <refname>swat</refname>
        <refpurpose>Samba Web Administration Tool</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>swat</command>
                <arg choice="opt">-s &lt;smb config file&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-P</arg>
        </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
        <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

        <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>


        <para><command>swat</command> allows a Samba administrator to 
        configure the complex <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file via a Web browser. In addition, 
        a <command>swat</command> configuration page has help links 
        to all the configurable options in the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file allowing an 
        administrator to easily look up the effects of any change. </para>

        <para><command>swat</command> is run from <command>inetd</command> </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>OPTIONS</title>

        <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-s smb configuration file</term>
                <listitem><para>The default configuration file path is 
                determined at compile time.  The file specified contains 
                the configuration details required by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> server. This is the file 
                that <command>swat</command> will modify. 
                The information in this file includes server-specific 
                information such as what printcap file to use, as well as 
                descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide.
                See <filename>smb.conf</filename> for more information. 
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>


                <varlistentry>
                <term>-a</term>
                <listitem><para>This option disables authentication and 
                places <command>swat</command> in demo mode. In that mode anyone will be able to modify 
                the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file. </para>
                
                <para><emphasis>WARNING: Do NOT enable this option on a production 
                server. </emphasis></para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>-P</term>
                <listitem><para>This option restricts read-only users to the password 
        management page.  <command>swat</command> can then be used to change
        user passwords without users seeing the "View" and "Status" menu 
        buttons.</para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                &stdarg.server.debug;
                &popt.common.samba;
                &stdarg.help;

        </variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

        <title>INSTALLATION</title>

        <para>Swat is included as binary package with most distributions. The 
        package manager in this case takes care of the installation and 
        configuration. This section is only for those who have compiled 
        swat from scratch.
        </para>

        <para>After you compile SWAT you need to run <command>make install
        </command> to install the <command>swat</command> binary
        and the various help files and images. A default install would put 
        these in: </para>
        
        <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para>/usr/local/samba/sbin/swat</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>/usr/local/samba/swat/images/*</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>/usr/local/samba/swat/help/*</para></listitem>
        </itemizedlist>

        <refsect2> 
                <title>Inetd Installation</title>

                <para>You need to edit your <filename>/etc/inetd.conf
                </filename> and <filename>/etc/services</filename>
                to enable SWAT to be launched via <command>inetd</command>.</para>

                <para>In <filename>/etc/services</filename> you need to 
                add a line like this: </para>

                <para><command>swat            901/tcp</command></para>

                <para>Note for NIS/YP and LDAP users - you may need to rebuild the 
                NIS service maps rather than alter your local <filename>
                /etc/services</filename> file. </para>

                <para>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 
                <command>inetd</command> daemon). </para>

                <para>In <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> you should 
                add a line like this: </para>

                <para><command>swat    stream  tcp     nowait.400  root
                /usr/local/samba/sbin/swat swat</command></para>
        
                <para>Once you have edited <filename>/etc/services</filename> 
                and <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> you need to send a 
                HUP signal to inetd. To do this use <command>kill -1 PID
                </command> where PID is the process ID of the inetd daemon. </para>

        </refsect2>



</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>LAUNCHING</title>

        <para>To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and 
        point it at "http://localhost:901/".</para>

        <para>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. </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>FILES</title>
        
        <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
                <term><filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename></term>
                <listitem><para>This file must contain suitable startup 
                information for the meta-daemon.</para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term><filename>/etc/services</filename></term>
                <listitem><para>This file must contain a mapping of service name 
                (e.g., swat) to service port (e.g., 901) and protocol type 
                (e.g., tcp).  </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term><filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename></term>
                <listitem><para>This is the default location of the <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
                </citerefentry> server configuration file that swat edits. Other 
                common places that systems install this file are <filename>
                /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename> and <filename>/etc/smb.conf
                </filename>.  This file describes all the services the server 
                is to make available to clients. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>WARNINGS</title>

        <para><command>swat</command> will rewrite your <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
        </citerefentry> file. It will rearrange the entries and delete all 
        comments, <parameter>include=</parameter> and <parameter>copy=
        </parameter> options. If you have a carefully crafted <filename>
        smb.conf</filename> then back it up or don't use swat! </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>VERSION</title>

        <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>SEE ALSO</title>
        <para><command>inetd(5)</command>, <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        </citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>AUTHOR</title>
        
        <para>The original Samba software and related utilities 
        were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
        by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar 
        to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
        
        <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. 
        The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another 
        excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
        ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 
        release by Jeremy Allison.  The conversion to DocBook for 
        Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for
        Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
</refsect1>

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