Swat doesn't work.

[Robert Styma]

It appears you are using Linux.  Swat is started by
inetd  (xinetd in the Linux case).  You need to make
sure it is active.  Redhat has a GUI for configuring
many of the inetd features I think under gnome it
is Gnome->programs->start->services (picture of a gear).

Since you are connection on port 901, you are not actually
talking to a normal web server.  You are talking to the
swat program (started by inetd) which happens to speak
the http protocol and can thus interact with browsers.

If you believe you have swat running, try running
telnet 127.0.0.1 901  
from a UNIX prompt on the Samba machine.  If you
get a connection, swat is up.
127.0.0.1 is the loopback address.

Martyn Ranyard wrote:
> 
> Just a thought, but have you tried typing
> 
> http://192.168.1.1:901
> 
> replacing the numbers with your server's ip address?
> 
> If this works then probably your problem is dns based.
> 
> If not, say not, and maybe someone else will suggest something.
> 
> At 07:59 AM 1/18/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >Okay, I thank all f you again for helping me get Samba 2.2.2 working.  I've
> >got it working and I am just an English teacher, so I don't have a lot of
> >time to play around too much, but I can't get swat to work.  I cannot type
> >http://myserver:901, well I can, but the page doesn't come up.  When I use
> >webmin, and I go into my Samba Servers, there is a box where the swat button
> >is supposed to be, but it has an X in it like the link for the picture is
> >gone and there is no text under the picture.
> >
> >According to my machine swat is running.  When I do a locate swat, this is
> >what I get:
> > > locate swat
> >/home/bear/swat-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm
> >/usr/libexec/webmin/samba/swat.cgi
> >/usr/libexec/webmin/samba/swat_save.cgi
> >/usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.2/examples/misc/swat.pl
> >/usr/share/samba/swat
> >/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/swat.desktop
> >/etc/xinetd.d/swat
> >
> >The /home/bear/swat-2.2.2-2.i386.rpm is the swat rpm that I downloaded and
> >installed when it wouldn't
> >work.  The /etc/xinetd.d/swat is a file I made after reading some of your
> >comments to other people.
> >Any thoughts?
> >jim
> >English Teacher
> >Montpelier School
> >
> >
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> Martyn
> 
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