[Samba] SWAT not accessible from remote sites

[Merle Reine]

"only_from = 127.0.0.1"

It looks like this option is only allowing users to access swat from the 
localhost (127.0.0.1).

You will need to change this option.


Kenny Sanders wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am not able to access SWAT from any other host besides the one running
>the SWAT daemon.
>
>No firewall blocking access on either side.
>
># netstat -lnt | grep 901
>tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:901                 0.0.0.0:*                 
>LISTEN
>
>works fine connecting from localhost using:
>lynx localhost:901
>
>Unavailable using public IP on a remote host.. i.e. going into Firefox and
>http://1.2.3.4:901
>
>SWAT is configured through xinetd:
>
># cat /etc/xinetd.d/swat
># 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
>{
>        disable = no
>        port            = 901
>        socket_type     = stream
>        wait            = no
>        only_from       = 127.0.0.1
>        user            = root
>        server          = /usr/sbin/swat
>        log_on_failure  += USERID
>}
>
>TIA,
>Kenny Sanders
>  
>