I think the problem is not how to start SWAT, it's more how to make SWAT doing what you want. For in-depth configuration of special needs you have to manually configure samba (and other proggies too). That's the fun of not having a simple "point and click" system w/o the possibility to control every single item.... Just my 2 cent (Euro - Cent!) Ralf
Of course you are right. There is a tool named SWAT for administering Samba. But I couldn't get it to work as I want it to. Maybe I'm just too silly
that's simple - just add swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat to your /etc/inetd.conf and start/restart inetd et voila, connect to http://sambaserver:901/, log in as root and have fun :-)
There is a way to run SWAT via an encrypted tunnel (https://sambaserver:901). In order to install SWAT with SSL-support have a look at http://at.samba.org/samba/docs/swat_ssl.html
*sigh* or I didn't spend enough time for it, but I'm used to "hack" smb.conf and I know exactly what I get for what I type in. But for beginners, of course SWAT may be interesting.
* * Ralf 'coko' Koch * mailto:info@formel4.de * --- Gute Nachricht: Windows 2000 ist 100% kompatibel. Die weltweit besten Forscher suchen nur noch, womit.