[GRLUG] Samba on Kubuntu
Ben Rousch
brousch at orthicomp.com
Fri Aug 25 08:59:54 EDT 2006
Sorry to reply to my own reply, but I think I have the answer.
OK, so I gave swat a try on my Kubuntu machine and found a clue. At the end of the installation process, apt gave me the message:
Setting up swat (3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1) ...
--------- IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR XINETD USERS ----------
The following line will be added to your /etc/inetd.conf file:
swat\t\tstream\ttcp\tnowait.400\troot\t/usr/sbin/tcpd\t/usr/sbin/swat
If you are indeed using xinetd, you will have to convert the
above into /etc/xinetd.conf format, and add it manually. See
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/README.Debian for more information.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Now if you prefer to install using Adept, I think messages like that aren't exposed unless you click a drop-down or something, so it would be easy to miss.
I restarted xinetd and tried to go to http://localhost:901 and indeed it didn't work. I check the /etc/xinetd.conf and there was no swat entry. I checked /etc/xinetd.d and there was no swat file.
So I did a "sudo nano /etc/xinetd.d/swat" and inserted the following content (gleaned from the swat page in my previous email):
# default: off
# description: SWAT is the Samba Web Admin Tool. Use swat \
# to configure your Samba server. To use SWAT, \
# connect to port 901 with your favorite web browser.
service swat
{
port = 901
socket_type = stream
wait = no
only_from = localhost
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/swat
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
}
A restart of xinetd and swat is now working!
On Friday 25 August 2006 08:36, Ben Rousch wrote:
> Is the samba server itself working? You don't actually need swat to use
> samba, especialy since you already have a working smb.conf (posting it here
> may help with the troubleshooting). Maybe once samba is working, swat will
> be easier to troubleshoot ...
>
> I am currently using samba server on a few Ubuntu server and Kubuntu setups
> and haven't had any trouble with it.
>
> I have never actually used swat, since I am a config file kind of guy. I
> did a Google search to find out a little about it and found this page:
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/SWAT.html
>
> It bothers me a bit that swat will strip out any comments or configurations
> it doesn't understand. I can see that causing difficult-to-discover
> problems.
>
> On Thursday 24 August 2006 18:33, Bob Kline wrote:
> > On 8/24/06, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 8/24/06, Roberto Villarreal <rvillarreal at mktec.com> wrote:
> > > > I've never used swat before, but based on your own diagnostics, have
> > > > you checked the following:
> > > >
> > > > - The swat service is actually running? ( i.e. 'ps ax | grep swat' )
> > > > - If so, have you verified that it is actually listening? (
> > > > i.e. 'netstat -ant | grep 901)
> >
> > I've done the things you mention. swat is not running.
> >
> > > > - Also, this might be an ignorant question, but what is the
> > > > significance
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > > port 631? According to my services file, it is IPP (Interenet
> > > > Printing Protocol)
> > >
> > > I suppose it means the person can get to the CUPS web interface, which
> > > tells them that the box is resloving localhost and allowing connections
> > > to it (at least to that port)
> >
> > That was my intention - show that at least something
> > was working. I concede it's perhaps a thin point, but
> > that is what I had in mind.
> >
> > > > Roberto
> >
> > I could easily be missing something simple yet.
> > In my own defense in a small way, I have never
> > had a lot of trouble getting samba to work on
> > Mandrake, so I assume there are things set up
> > there that I'm not aware of. What I read on the
> > Internet says that Kubuntu often presents a real
> > challenge for many users of samba.
> >
> > -Bob
> >
> > > > On Thursday 24 August 2006 12:52 am, Bob Kline wrote:
> > > > > Somewhat in the spirit of "if first you
> > > > > don't succeed, you probably won't
> > > > > the second time either," I'm still having
> > > > > a problem with Samba on a system
> > > > > running Kubuntu 6.06.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I know:
> > > > >
> > > > > * There is an entry for port 901
> > > > > in /etc/services, and the line
> > > > > contains swat.
> > > > >
> > > > > * /etc/xinetd.conf contain a line with
> > > > >
> > > > > swat stream tcp nowait:400 root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/swat
> > > > >
> > > > > * There is a smb.conf file in /etc/samba
> > > > >
> > > > > The same one that works fine on a
> > > > > system running Mandrake 10.1
> > > > >
> > > > > * Putting the URL http://localhost:901/ in Firefox,
> > > > > I get "Problem loading page." Port 631 runs as
> > > > > expected.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I don't know:
> > > > >
> > > > > * Why localhost:901 doesn't work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone see something, or perhaps many
> > > > > things, that I'm missing yet?
> > > > >
> > > > > -Bob
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Ben Rousch
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Van Dam Iron Works
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Grand Rapids, MI 49519
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