[Samba] swat problems under RedHat 7.3

[overbyte7]

I'm having problems validating when using swat on the localhost.
The server is RH Linux 7.3. I'm using encrypted passwords and I'm
able to connect to points using Windows products, etc; however,
when I http://localhost:901, I get the login dialog, but it won't
accept the root account or password.  It tells me that the 
"Authorization failed". I did configure the /etc/services and the
/etc/xinetd.d/swat file correctly, and HUP'ed the xinetd daemon.
Is it a security issue within Linux or is it possibly my swat
config under xinetd.d?  Here is the swat file:

service swat
{
         port    = 901
         socket_type     = stream
         wait    = no
         only_from = localhost
         user    = root
         server  = /usr/local/samba/bin/swat
         log_on_failure  += USERID
         disable =  No
}

Any help is much appreciated....Thank you.

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