Is this package available for 12.3?, I can’t seem to find it. I was planning on using it to tweak my settings as I am having problems with samba not being able to browse shares on my Windows PCs - using Dolphin I can browse the Workgroup and see the PCs but when I click on the icon for the PC it can’t open to see the shares. I can mount using smb://ip.address but not by smb://pcname
openSUSE 12.3 will support Samba just as other versions have done. Consider starting a more detailed message with descriptions of any Samba problems you may have. Until then, have a look at a couple of helpful blog posts on the usage of Samba:
SWAT - Samba Web Administration Tool - Setup & Creation Script - 1.04: https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/swat-samba-web-administration-tool-setup-creation-script-1-03-105/
Samba S.W.A.T. - Samba Web Administration Tool Setup for openSUSE: https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/samba-swat-samba-web-administration-tool-setup-opensuse-76/
AND to edit those system files as root:
SYSEdit - System File Editor - Version 1.50: https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/sysedit-system-file-editor-version-1-00-60/
Samba works great for openSUSE and works fine with Windows file sharing.
Thank You,
In a default 32-bit KDE installation of 12.3 RC2, samba works in Dolphin. Clicking Network, then Samba Shares does go to the workgroup. Clicking it shows the running machines on the network, including Windows shares. It takes a while after set up for everything to appear in Dolphin.
Something is stopping SWAT from working. When trying to enable xinetd in YaST System Services (Runlevel), I get the message
/bin/systemctl start xinetd.service returned 1 (unspecified error):
After enabling SWAT in Network Services (xinetd), there is a message that it installed, but after clicking Finish, a window pops up stating
Warning All services are marked as disabled (locked). Internet super-server will be disabled.
Consequently, SWAT cannot be accessed at http://localhost:901/ I did not get this behavior in 12.2. Anyone know what has changed?
Thanks,
Howard
Yes I see this issue as xinetd (Network Services) does not want to start even when services (like smb, nmb & swat) are configured for it to be used. Searching for a problem for xinetd does not see to show a bug report. I will post one then though my searches don’t seem to find a match one day and then the next day I have filed a duplicate bug report it would seem. (See bug Access Denied)
Thank You,
I have the same symptoms as described above, Dolphin can see the Workgroup and the PCs in the workgroup but when I double-click on any of the PCs it just sits their for a while and then fails, I am not in Linux at the moment so can’t remember the exact message but I think it was one about either a timeout or not being able to access server. I think this is problem number one.
Problem number 2 is swat, I followed all the instructions in the message above and ran make-swat, further investigation showed that xinetd shows swat as being in /bin or /usr/bin - can’t remember which however swat isn’t in /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin or /usr/sbin. I think that is the problem - I wonder where it is gone? Yast doesn’t show a samba-swat package to let me install it.
Well in openSUSE 12.3, even if you get Network Services running (xinetd), SWAT does not work. SWAT is not needed to use Samba in anyway but was helpful in seeing the Samba Status and looking at and understanding the many Samba settings. In my searches I see that a “Serious” security problem has been recently identified with SWAT & the fact that the GUI to Samba is claimed to not be maintained. I have not found anything to say that SWAT has been removed from Samba, or if in openSUSE 12.3 it has been disabled in some way, but I am still trying to find that out.
Thank You,
I can confirm that Samba SWAT has been removed from openSUSE 12.3 and is no longer usable to configure the smb.conf file or to view the samba help document file. Basically I see where there was a recent security issue found with SWAT and the fact that SWAT is said to be “unmaintained” and so our developers just pulled the feature from Samba. I have not seen an official statement to this fact, but trust me when I say that SWAT is gone.
Thank You,
What would be the recommended alternative?
I have spent the better part of this weekend putting together my alternative you can find here:
SACT - Samba Automated Configuration Tool - Version 1.00: https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/sact-samba-automated-configuration-tool-version-1-00-124/
Consider that SWAT just allows you to administer your Samba settings in a WEB interface, but was never required to use Samba in any way. While not as neat to look at as SWAT, I have tried to put everything you need to use and setup Samba at your finger tips. As always, comments on my new blog is greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
That’s dedication, I will hold off and first install the 12.3 final and then start testing again. Will let you know how I get on with your new script.