I have not used swat but I have found I had to use localhost.localdomain in some instances for it to be recognised. Maybe worth a try if you haven't already.
cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: Re: Trouble shooting evening > I dunno, its a "known problem" for quite a while (since xinetd replaced > inetd on most distros I think). > > > On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:00:58 +1200 > Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes that was irritating, > > > > is there any info on why localhost does not work in that entry? > > > > The /etc/hosts did contain all of the loopback stuff so *theoretically* > > it should have worked. > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 10:06, Nick Rout wrote: > > > David, are you the samba/swat guy? If so this is an important security > > > alert for you ! > > > > > > when we commented out the line "only_from=localhost" from > > > /etc/xinetd.d/swat we should have changed it to "only_from = 127.0.0.1" > > > (or only_from = your localnetwork" so that people on the big bad > > > internet cannot try to login to swat. > > > > > > don't forget to restart xinetd > > > > > > service xinetd.d restart > > > > > -- > > Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer > > Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of > > Canterbury > > Private Bag 4800 > > Christchurch New Zealand > > phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 Fax 3642222 > > > > -- > Nick Rout > Barrister & Solicitor > Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 3798966 > Fax + 64 3 3798853 > http://www.rout.co.nz > > >
