[GRLUG] Samba on Kubuntu

Sat Aug 26 05:26:34 EDT 2006

I'm good to go.  Thanks to everyone for the tips
and suggestions.

I installed inetd,  as Godwin suggested, and made
the changes to the swat file suggested below and
also to the xinetd.conf file.  Next restart and away
she goes.

These would be good tips to get out more widely.
A little googling will show that a lot of people have
put a lot of time in to getting samba to go under
Kubuntu.

   -Bob

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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>
>
> 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
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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
>
>  socket_type = stream
>
>  wait = no
>
>  only_from = localhost
>
>  user = root
>
>  server = /usr/sbin/swat
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>  log_on_failure += USERID
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>  disable = no
>
> }
>
>
>
> A restart of xinetd and swat is now working!
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>
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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 ...
>
> >
>
> > 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
>
> >
>
> > 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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> > > > >
>
> > > > > - 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? (
>
> > > > > 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
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> > > > > > in /etc/services, and the line
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> > > > > > 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,
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> > > > > > I get "Problem loading page." Port 631 runs as
>
> > > > > > expected.
>
> > > > > >
>
> > > > > > What I don't know:
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > > * Why localhost:901 doesn't work.
>
> > > > > >
>
> > > > > > Anyone see something, or perhaps many
>
> > > > > > things, that I'm missing yet?
>
> > > > > >
>
> > > > > > -Bob
>
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