[GRLUG] swat

[Bob Kline]

My xinetd.conf file contains only:

defaults
{

}

includedir /etc/xinetd.d



Should I put the line "swat stream tcp....."
just below includedir /etc/xinetd.d ?

What is the /usr/sbin/tcpd entry for?

   -Bob



On 7/24/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> Check /etc/services ... It should have a line like this:
> swat            901/tcp                         # swat
>
> Also check /etc/inetd.conf ... It should have a line like this:
> swat            stream  tcp     nowait.400      root    /usr/sbin/tcpd
>  /usr/sbin/swat
>
> /etcs/services defines what network services you may offer,
> /etc/inetd.conf configures inetd to link those services with an
> application to provide data. (It's not supposed to support services
> that run as a daemon, though.)
>
> On 7/24/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Kubuntu 6.06
> > Samba package installed
> > A "127.0.0.1 localhost" entry in /etc/hosts
> >
> > When I try to run "http://localhost:901/"  (swat) in
> > Firefox,  I get an error saying "unable to connect".
> > The reasons given make no particular sense.
> > Firefox is working fine,  so I presume there are
> > no firewall issues.
> >
> > I enter "type -p swat",  and /usr/sbin/swat is
> > returned.  It really is there.
> >
> > I enter "netstat -antp",  and there is an entry
> > "127.0.0.1:631",  but no "127.0.0.1:901".  I take
> > it that means that nothing is listening for a
> > samba connection?
> >
> > Not being able to run http://localhost:901/,
> > there is understandably nothing in /etc/xinetd.conf
> > to speak of.
> >
> > Any hints here,  maybe from someone with
> > a working setup on Kubuntu or Ubuntu 6.06?
> > The key is probably why http://localhost:901/
> > doesn't work,  but if I knew the answer to that
> > I wouldn't be here.....  :-(
> >
> >    -Bob
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