[WBEL-users] WBEL and SWAT

Randy Kelsoe randykel@swbell.net
Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:42:27 -0500


Ganeshram Iyer wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering if samba-swat is installed with WBEL server install. I 
> dont remember selecting it when performing the installation? I am a 
> bit of a newbie with Linux so wondering what I need to do to verify 
> SWAT install and how to run. I followed some directions that I found 
> on configuring it using the xinetd as well the swat file and then 
> tried to connect to SWAT using http://localhost:901 (also tried 
> http://127.0.0.1:901 along with a few other combos, server name, DHCP 
> address etc...) but I get the message that "unable to connect to site 
> at port 901". I even turned off the firewall completely and also 
> shutdown iptables in all 3,4,5 states. anybody have any links to 
> HOWTOs or SWAT un/official manuals? I would really appreciate the help.
>
The swat package is not installed by default. If you have yum setup 
correctly, you can do  a 'yum install samba-swat' and install it, then 
'chkconfig swat on', and it should work. If you don't have yum setup, 
samba-swat is on the third WBEL CD.