[Samba] Docs are hard to follow for port changing

Eric Geater 11/10/03 egeater at mscoinc.com
Tue Nov 18 20:54:25 GMT 2003


Specifically, the instructions on the Samba3 doc file explain that I
must edit the following information (as did John):

Make an entry in /etc/services for a line called "swat".  I've done
that, it's called "swat3", and it ports to 902/TCP (Yes, I realize it's
not the native port.)

Make the adjustment in the /etc/xinet[d].d/swat3 file to point to the
same port.  Done that too, even though the machine didn't want me to
edit this read-only file.  The original has been saved for posterity,
just in case this blows up.  It is:

service swat3
{
  port = 902
  socket_type = stream
  wait = no
  only_from = 127.0.0.1
  server = usr/sbin swat3
  log_on_failure += USERID
  disable = NO
}

These were the total of the suggestions received here.  The rest of the
instructions, from the embedded reading info on the Samba3 box, include:

Making a change to /etc/inetd.conf, which includes the following line:

"swat3 stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat3 swat3"

And finally, according to the docs I have, I should HUP my xinetd.
While I don't know what that means, I can say that there are other
events that don't jibe with my eventual outcome.  For one, I have
discovered when I type /etc/xinetd.d/swat3, I get a "Permission Denied"
reply.  Also, there is no response from http://localhost:902 .  Finally,
I have also discovered that there are two probable locations that would
include the correct line for the "swat stream" line in the inetd.conf
file (/usr/sbin/swat3 or /usr/share/swat3), which COMPLETELY differs
from the suggested location, which is /usr/local/samba/bin/swat.

Please don't misunderstand me; I'm still very young at this stuff, and
making changes on this level is intimidating, especially when the
directions aren't clear, or ambiguous, or perhaps too clear for a mind
that better understands these things.  I'm still trying to shift my
paradigm, but it's slow.

Thanks again, everyone.  Goofy as it sounds, I really appreciate this.

Eric




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