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<sect2>
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<title>Configuring <application>Samba</application></title>
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<para>Because of the infinate number of possible uses for
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<application>Samba</application>, configuration is well beyond the scope
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of the BLFS book. In fact, many complete books have been written on
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this topic alone. The included documentation, a popular book published by
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O'Reilly, can be viewed by pointing your web browser to:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>file:///usr/share/samba/swat/using_samba/toc.html</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>There are also several other resources availible on the web.
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Below are a few links that show in detail some very good sample
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configurations.</para>
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* This is for later....as soon as I find the example configs I had the
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* other day....
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<para>Insert the links here along with descriptions of the
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sample configs. (use itemized list)</para>
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<para>Finally, the buit in SWAT (Samba Web Administation Tool) utility
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<para>The built in SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool) utility
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can be used for the very basic of configurations. However, before
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using SWAT, you must do a little configuration.</para>
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<para>Add the swat entry to <filename>/etc/services</filename>with the
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following command: </para>
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<screen><userinput><command>echo "swat 901/tcp" >> /etc/services</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>If <command>inetd</command> is used, the following command will add the
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swat entry to <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>: </para>
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<screen><userinput><command>echo "swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat" \
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>> /etc/inetd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>If xinetd is used, the following command will add the swat entry
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to <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename>: </para>
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<screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/xinetd.conf << "EOF"</command>
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service swat
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{
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port = 901
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socket_type = stream
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wait = no
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only_from = 127.0.0.1
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user = root
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server = /usr/sbin/swat
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log_on_failure += USERID
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}
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<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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<para><acronym>SWAT</acronym> can be launched by pointing your web
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browser to:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>http://localhost:901</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>For your convenience, boot scripts have been provided for
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<application>Samba</application>. There are two included in the
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<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package. The first,
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<filename>samba</filename>, will start the <command>smbd</command> and
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<command>nmbd</command> daemons needed to provide
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<acronym>SMB</acronym>/<acronym>CIFS</acronym> services. The second
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script, <filename>winbind</filename>, starts the <command>winbindd</command>
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daemon, used for providing Windows domain services to Linux clients.</para>
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<para>Install the <filename>samba</filename> script with the following
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command:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>make install-samba</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>If you also need the <filename>winbind</filename> script:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>make install-winbind</userinput></screen></para>
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</sect2>
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