it is possible that you did not install the samba or the swat package.  I
have about 35 entries in xinet.d, which most are disabled.  However I did a
"full install".  If you run "gnorpm" it should show you what packages are
installed.

Shannon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bart G. Denys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: RE: [brluglist] RedHat 7.1 mail and network help


> Jerald,
>
> Thanks for the extensive help. I get stuck though from the beginning. <y
> dir /etc/xinet.d/ contains only one file named rsync. Is there a program
> that isn't installed ?
>
> Bart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Jerald Sheets
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:41 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [brluglist] RedHat 7.1 mail and network help
>
> On Fri, 2001-09-14 at 08:30, Bart G. Denys wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> > Already made some progress. I had the sendmail filled out with my
> email
> > address. I can now send using /usr/local/sendmail
> >
> > ISP problem is different: I don't get an email through my cable-ISP
> > (charter communication). Email comes from a different provider (email
> > address [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Additionally, I have an email account
> at
> > the local hospital ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) that is secured and does NOT
> > let you check mail via the net.
> >
> > I am reading through one of my books on how to setup Samba using SWAT.
> > The Linux Bible states:
> > Add a line to /etc/services:   swat 901/TCP
> > I did that.
> > Add a line to /etc/inetd.conf: swat stream tcp nowait.400 root
> > /usr/sbin/swat
> > I can't find inetd.conf   where is it ??????
>
> Unfortunately, the Linux market moves faster than your documentation.
> :)
>
> RedHat 7.1 abandoned inetd in favor of xinetd.  xinetd has neat
> functions such as being able to deny based on service for a particular
> host!!  Also, you can use wrappers on individual services, so you can
> say deny specifically radius information requests from host x....get it?
>
> Remember, even though you're working with a pretty snappy desktop
> system, you're also sitting on top of one of the most powerful servers
> in the world.
>
> Your *new* install info is as follows:
>
>
> In your /etc/ directory is where all system configuration utilities
> live.  Your startup scripts (akin to autoexec/config) and various system
> configuration files (akin to .ini files).  Specifically, we're
> interested in the Internet services stuff.  You'll find a simple
> configuration file called xinetd.conf that has the following contents:
>
>     #
>     # Simple configuration file for xinetd
>     #
>     # Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/
>
>     defaults
>     {
>     instances               = 60
>             log_type                = SYSLOG authpriv
>             log_on_success = HOST PID
>             log_on_failure = HOST
>     }
>
>     includedir /etc/xinetd.d
>
>
> The long and short of this is that you can have 60 separate connections,
> they must be logged...
>
> But the important part is the last line telling you to include the
> contents of the directory /etc/xinetd.d.  Let's look at it's contents
> and format:
>
>     amanda daytime finger klogin
> rexec
>     amandaidx daytime-udp gssftp krb5-telnet rlogin
>     amidxtape dbskkd-cdb imap kshell rsh
>     chargen echo imaps linuxconf-web
> rsync
>     chargen-udp echo-udp ipop2 ntalk swat
>     comsat eklogin ipop3 pop3s
> talk
>
>     telnet
>     tftp
>     time
>     time-udp
>     wu-ftpd
>
> This is a listing of several simple text files listing service
> attributes and settings.  The one we're interested in here is swat.
> Pulling swat into an editor, we find the following contents:
>
>     # 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 = yes
>     port = 901
>     socket_type = stream
>     wait = no
>     only_from = 127.0.0.1
>     user = root
>     server = /usr/sbin/swat
>     log_on_failure += USERID
>     }
>
>
> As you can see, there's an interesting line near the top saying "disable
> = yes".  Can you imagine what I'm going to say here?  :)
>
> What I typically do is comment the line out, and make a copy with my
> settings.  This is a good habit to get into, because it's saved my arse
> countless times.  The new file would look thusly:
>
>     # 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 = yes
>     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
>     }
>
> Finally, to get all this reread, you have to restart the xinetd
> service.  People do this several ways.  Some prefer to use the kill -HUP
> command, some prefer to restart the service, etc. etc.  *I* prefer to
> restart the service via the provided shell scripts.  That would be the
> following command line:
>
> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
>
> This should make the service available, and you should be able then to
> open a browser and point it to http://your.host.com:901 or
> http://your.ip.com:901 to get your Swat interface.
>
>
> If you have any problems, or any questions, just give me a buzz through
> this forum, and I'll answer you as soon as I can.
>
>
> Jerald Sheets
>
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