[GRLUG] Samba on Kubuntu

Fri Aug 25 11:04:15 EDT 2006

Ah, a different approach, and I like it better than the one I found
this morning.

kewl!!

On 8/25/06, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
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> Sorry to reply to my own reply, but I think I have the answer.
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>
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> 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:
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>
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> 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:
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>
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> swat\t\tstream\ttcp\tnowait.400\troot\t/usr/sbin/tcpd\t/usr/sbin/swat
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>
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> If you are indeed using xinetd, you will have to convert the
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> above into /etc/xinetd.conf format, and add it manually. See
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> /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
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>  socket_type = stream
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>  wait = no
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>  only_from = localhost
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>  user = root
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>  server = /usr/sbin/swat
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>  log_on_failure += USERID
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>  disable = no
>
> }
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>
>
> A restart of xinetd and swat is now working!
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> On Friday 25 August 2006 08:36, Ben Rousch wrote:
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> > 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 ...
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> >
>
> > 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:
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> >
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/SWAT.html
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> >
>
> > 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:
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> > > On 8/24/06, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On 8/24/06, Roberto Villarreal <rvillarreal at mktec.com> wrote:
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> > > > > I've never used swat before, but based on your own diagnostics, have
>
> > > > > you checked the following:
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> > > > >
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> > > > > - The swat service is actually running? ( i.e. 'ps ax | grep swat' )
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> > > > > - If so, have you verified that it is actually listening? (
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> > > > > i.e. 'netstat -ant | grep 901)
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> > >
>
> > > I've done the things you mention. swat is not running.
>
> > >
>
> > > > > - Also, this might be an ignorant question, but what is the
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> > > > > significance
>
> > > >
>
> > > > of
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> > > >
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> > > > > port 631? According to my services file, it is IPP (Interenet
>
> > > > > Printing Protocol)
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> > > >
>
> > > > 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)
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> > >
>
> > > 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.
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> > >
>
> > > > > 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:
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > * There is an entry for port 901
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> > > > > > in /etc/services, and the line
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> > > > > > contains swat.
>
> > > > > >
>
> > > > > > * /etc/xinetd.conf contain a line with
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > swat stream tcp nowait:400 root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/swat
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > * There is a smb.conf file in /etc/samba
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > The same one that works fine on a
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> > > > > > system running Mandrake 10.1
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> > > > > >
>
> > > > > > * Putting the URL http://localhost:901/ in Firefox,
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> > > > > > I get "Problem loading page." Port 631 runs as
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> > > > > > expected.
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > What I don't know:
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > * Why localhost:901 doesn't work.
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > Anyone see something, or perhaps many
>
> > > > > > things, that I'm missing yet?
>
> > > > > >
>
> > > > > > -Bob
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