topic Re: samba/web in Operating System - Linux

samba/web

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 11 May 2004 06:56:45 GMT

I access swat by logging into the local linux system, use konqueror and connect to http://localhost:901

How can I connect to swat using my NT web browser. I tried putting an entry in lmhosts file but I still cannot connect to swat from my desktop.

Re: samba/web

Mark Grant — Tue, 11 May 2004 07:12:11 GMT

You could try an IP in your url instead e.g. http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:901

If that doesn't work you might need to look at your smb.conf file to see which IP's can connect to it.

Re: samba/web

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 11 May 2004 07:18:27 GMT

yes, i tried that. The linux box is in DNS. smb.conf does allow my vlan of 10.

Re: samba/web

Mark Grant — Tue, 11 May 2004 07:22:59 GMT

Ok, if the ip address doesn't work, we can forget any DNS type issues, assuming that the linux box can see your NT machine OK and routing is therefore set up OK.

What error do you get? If it just hangs then you probably have a firewall issue either on the Linux machine itself or en route.

Re: samba/web

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 11 May 2004 07:44:09 GMT

routing seems ok. when I try to connect through my desktop, I get server not found and it sends me to lycos search engine.

Re: samba/web

Mark Grant — Tue, 11 May 2004 07:45:42 GMT

Can you telnet to the machine on port 901?

Re: samba/web

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:04:30 GMT

Connected to piranha.xxx-inc.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

This is the value returned from `telnet piranha 901`

Re: samba/web

Mark Grant — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:14:28 GMT

I could be way off base here but doesn't Internet Exploder have some irritating intranet security options under "tools->Internet Options" that need selecting for browsing you local "intranet"

Re: samba/web

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:23:25 GMT

I can connect to other apps running on linux/HPUX like CISCOworks etc... through my local desktop browser.

Re: samba/web

Mark Grant — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:30:19 GMT

have you looked at /etc/xinetd.d/swat?

Often you have a line like "only_from = 127.0.0.1" in there. I imagine you don't want that.

Also, Red Hat 7.0 has an issue with swat and xinetd. Although this fix seems to be for linuxconf, apparently it's relevant.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2000-090.html

Re: samba/web

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 11 May 2004 09:11:18 GMT

Thanks Marc,

Yes, that fixed me right up. I removed the local host address entry from swat in /etc/xinetd.d.

Thanks a bunch, very much appreciated