SWAT is a Samba Web Administration Tool. SWAT is a facility that is part of the Samba suite. SWAT allows a Samba administrator to configure the complex smb.conf. In this post, i will share on how to install and configure SWAT to Configure Samba on linux CentOS 6.2 server.<\/p>\n
1. Run this command to install samba SWAT :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos62 ~]# yum install xinetd samba-swat -y\nLoaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: centos.ipserverone.com\n * extras: centos.ipserverone.com\n * updates: centos.ipserverone.com\nSetting up Install Process\nResolving Dependencies\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package samba-swat.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: samba = 3.5.10-114.el6 for package: samba-swat-3.5.10-114.el6.i686\n--> Processing Dependency: samba-winbind-clients = 3.5.10-114.el6 for package: samba-swat-3.5.10-114.el6.i686\n--> Processing Dependency: libwbclient.so.0 for package: samba-swat-3.5.10-114.el6.i686\n---> Package xinetd.i686 2:2.3.14-33.el6 will be installed\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package samba.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: samba-common = 3.5.10-114.el6 for package: samba-3.5.10-114.el6.i686\n---> Package samba-winbind-clients.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6 will be installed\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package samba-common.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6 will be installed\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\n\nDependencies Resolved\n\n====================================================================================================\n Package Arch Version Repository Size\n====================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n samba-swat i686 3.5.10-114.el6 base 3.0 M\n xinetd i686 2:2.3.14-33.el6 base 121 k\nInstalling for dependencies:\n samba i686 3.5.10-114.el6 base 5.0 M\n samba-common i686 3.5.10-114.el6 base 13 M\n samba-winbind-clients i686 3.5.10-114.el6 base 1.1 M\n\nTransaction Summary\n====================================================================================================\nInstall 5 Package(s)\n\nTotal download size: 22 M\nInstalled size: 81 M\nDownloading Packages:\n(1\/5): samba-3.5.10-114.el6.i686.rpm | 5.0 MB 03:00\n(2\/5): samba-common-3.5.10-114.el6.i686.rpm | 13 MB 07:32\n(3\/5): samba-swat-3.5.10-114.el6.i686.rpm | 3.0 MB 01:40\n(4\/5): samba-winbind-clients-3.5.10-114.el6.i686.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:38\n(5\/5): xinetd-2.3.14-33.el6.i686.rpm | 121 kB 00:03\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTotal 30 kB\/s | 22 MB 12:57\nRunning rpm_check_debug\nRunning Transaction Test\nTransaction Test Succeeded\nRunning Transaction\n Installing : samba-winbind-clients-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 1\/5\n Installing : samba-common-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 2\/5\n Installing : samba-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 3\/5\n Installing : 2:xinetd-2.3.14-33.el6.i686 4\/5\n Installing : samba-swat-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 5\/5\n\nInstalled:\n samba-swat.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6 xinetd.i686 2:2.3.14-33.el6\n\nDependency Installed:\n samba.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6 samba-common.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6\n samba-winbind-clients.i686 0:3.5.10-114.el6\n\nComplete!\n<\/pre>\n2. Open swat configuration file :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos62 ~]# vi \/etc\/xinetd.d\/swat\n<\/pre>\n3. Add IP address you permit. In this example, i will add 192.168.1.0\/24 network and enable swat by set ‘disable’ to ‘no’.<\/p>\n
Original configuration file :<\/p>\n
\n# default: off\n# description: SWAT is the Samba Web Admin Tool. Use swat \\\n# to configure your Samba server. To use SWAT, \\\n# connect to port 901 with your favorite web browser.\nservice swat\n{\n port = 901\n socket_type = stream\n wait = no\n only_from = 127.0.0.1\n user = root\n server = \/usr\/sbin\/swat\n log_on_failure += USERID\n disable = yes\n}\n<\/pre>\nChange to :<\/p>\n
\n# default: off\n# description: SWAT is the Samba Web Admin Tool. Use swat \\\n# to configure your Samba server. To use SWAT, \\\n# connect to port 901 with your favorite web browser.\nservice swat\n{\n port = 901\n socket_type = stream\n wait = no\n only_from = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0\/24\n user = root\n server = \/usr\/sbin\/swat\n log_on_failure += USERID\n disable = no\n}\n<\/pre>\n4. Start xinetd service :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos62 ~]# \/etc\/rc.d\/init.d\/xinetd start\nStarting xinetd: [ OK ]\n<\/pre>\n5. Enable xinetd service auto start at boot :<\/p>\n
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