[Samba] Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)

[Rich Webb]

If you're looking for a web admin tool Webmin has a pretty decent module that works well.

Thanks, 
Rich
----- On Oct 31, 2019, at 1:04 AM, samba samba at lists.samba.org wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:45:47 +0000
> Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 29/10/2019 17:48, Steve Litt via samba wrote:
>> > On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 11:59:20 +0000
>> > Gerard Seibert via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>> >  
>> >> I know that this has probably been asked before. As a long time
>> >> user of Samba, I remember using SWAT to configure Samba. It did
>> >> seem, at least to me, to simplify things. At the very least, it
>> >> did prevent me, and possibly other users, from creating simple
>> >> syntax errors.
>> > Hi Gerard,
>> >
>> > I like programs like SWAT for just the reason you say: You don't
>> > need to Eidetic memory every last option to prevent a simple syntax
>> > error. The fact that you didn't receive an answer, and the fact
>> > that I didn't receive an answer to the same question about six
>> > years ago, leads me to conclude there's no such thing.
>> SWAT was removed quite some time ago, it had numerous problems, but
>> we do have 'testparm'. This will check smb.conf for syntax errors
>> etc. We also have a manpage for smb.conf 'man smb.conf', this shows
>> all the possible parameters and the possible values for each
>> parameter along with its default setting. There are also numerous
>> other manpages and last, but not least, there is the Samba wiki:
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Main_Page
>> 
>> Rowland
> 
> In that case, the following goes a long way toward what the OP wanted:
> 
> ==============================
> 2>/dev/null testparm -sv | ./globalonly.awk | sort | dmenu -l 25
> ==============================
> 
> Where globalonly.awk follows:
> 
> ==============================
> #!/usr/bin/gawk -We
> 
> BEGIN { count = 0 }
> /^\[/{ count++}
> count == 1 {
>	gsub(/^[ \t]/, "", $0)
>	print $0
> }
> ==============================
> 
> For extra credit, the OP can also run testparm without the -v, and use
> a fairly simple algorithm to deduce which globals are set by smb.conf
> and which are set by the program's default.
> 
> In the short time I worked on the task I wasn't able to get testparm
> to tell me all the share property defaults, but there's probably a way
> either with a workaround like mine or by copying testparm to a new file
> and making that file recite everything.
> 
> Once you also have defaults and specified for shares, it wouldn't be
> difficult at all to make something like SWAT out of it. IIRC SWAT
> annoyingly deleted comments: I hope anyone making a similar program
> leaves comments intact.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
> Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
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> 
> 
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