Thanks! You saved me from some potentially nasty problems!
Go to show ya: the quick-fix isn't always the best-fix.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Tashjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Samba config. (Swat) won't start in RH 7.0
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Don't do that! You've now opened your machine to anyone on the net.
> Remove the disabled line, then replace "localhost" with 127.0.0.1.
> Netscrape goes to DNS directly and doesn't reference the /etc/hosts
> file. 99.999% of all ISPs, etc. don't put an entry for
> localhost in their
> name tables, so the name request fails.
>
> and remember to
> kill -USR1 `pidof xinetd`
>
> after making the change.
>
> rwt
> ---
> Robert Tashjian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Browning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:20 AM
> Subject: RE: Samba config. (Swat) won't start in RH 7.0
>
>
> > not sure if someone else answered this already, but.
> >
> > I had to remove the "= localhost" line (I forget the exact
> parameter) and
> > the "diabled = yes" lines in /etc/xinetd.d/swat file.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jens Ove Kjær
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:19 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Samba config. (Swat) won't start in RH 7.0
> > >
> > >
> > > When trying to start Samba configuration (Swat) from KDE or
> > > Gnome in RH 7.0
> > > we get an error message saying something about "...
> broken pipe ...".
> > > We have now tried on 3 different PC's with the same
> result. Can anyone
> > > please tell us what is wrong?
> > >
> > > Facts:
> > > Swat is - as default - configured to use port 901, and
> > > /etc/services as well
> > > as /etc/xined.d/swat seems reasonable enough.
> > > Strange thing is, that if we run Samba configuration from
> > > Webmin, Swat seems
> > > to function all right.
> > >
> > > Jens Ove Kjær
> > > Pro-IT ApS
> > > Denmark
> > >
> > >
> > >
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