samba/web

[Nobody's Hero]

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.

[Mark Grant]

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.

[Nobody's Hero]

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

[Mark Grant]

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.

[Nobody's Hero]

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

[Mark Grant]

Can you telnet to the machine on port 901?

[Nobody's Hero]

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


This is the value returned from `telnet piranha 901`

[Mark Grant]

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"

[Nobody's Hero]

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

[Mark Grant · Accepted solution]

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

[Nobody's Hero]

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