Jerald and Shannon, Thanks for all the help. This is now where the frustration starts. I have been sweating all afternoon and am getting nowhere. Here's what I did:
1. The only two packages installed were samba-common and samba-client. The other 2 packages were NOT on the RH disks. 2. I downloades the latest Samba 2.2.1a in tar.gz 3. gunzip and tar 4. ./configure from the source directory 5. make 6. make install all went fine with no errors and I was kinda proud of myself.....until I went to check /etc/xinetd.d/ there's still nothing there. Now, what next...I need to fix this and conquer before frustration sets in :-( Bart -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerald Sheets Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [brluglist] RedHat 7.1 mail and network help Shannon's correct. You probably didn't install packages which would normally be in this directory. I used to have that "Vendor knows best" attitude way back and would trust other setups like "Server Install", "Workstation Install", etc., but at this point I'm resolved to do nothing but Custom/Install Everything. The only gotcha in this format is to make sure when paritioning to make sure there's a /boot partition. This allows the system to have the boot sector/data in the first 1024 cylinders. Chances are also good you didn't install Samba. It should be on your install CD in the RPMS directory, a couple of directories deep. I *think* (from memory) /RedHat/RPMS You want samba-2.0.7-36.i386.rpm samba-client-2.0.7-36.i386.rpm samba-common-2.0.7-36.i386.rpm samba-swat-2.0.7-36.i386.rpm (unless you go to samba.org and do this from latest) That should do you. JErald On Fri, 2001-09-14 at 10:53, Bart G. Denys wrote: > 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 > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. 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