Re: Printers, and Samba, and Swat (oh my!)
I got swat working with a little off-list help.
1) apt-get install swat
(That first step makes you feel dumb, but samba docs talk as if swat is included
in samba. It ain't.)
2) Once you install swat you'll learn in "info swat" that you have to uncomment a
line at the end of your new inetd.conf file that activates swat.
3) Then either restart inetd or reboot.
4) Now http://192.168.0.1:901/ (or whatever your address is) will work.
My problem now that swat is working is that I don't understand samba users and
passwords versus other usernames and passwords. For example, I can now see the
debian machine from my windows machines, but if I try to access it, then it asks
for a password (not allowing me to choose a username) and none of the passwords
that I've set up in swat will work. Also, it seems you cannot have a samba user
unless there is first such a user on your debian machine. But I'm the one who
uses all those computers, so why should I have to create myself several different
accounts?
Also, as far as I can tell the printer still doesn't work from the debian machine
it is itself connected to, but I fear to try since last time it ran through blank
pages non-stop until I pulled the plug. (Plus, so far as I know I haven't done
anything that should make it work yet.)
Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> I am at the same step and get the same error.. Hope someone answers you..
>
> Cheers Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian W. Carver <brianwcarver@yahoo.com>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:03 PM
> Subject: Printers, and Samba, and Swat (oh my!)
>
> > System: Debian 2.2r6 potato with a few woody upgrades.
> >
> > I'm trying to use printtool to set up my HP Laserjet 5L and when I start
> > it up it claims that Samba is not installed. Samba is installed, but I
> > just haven't configured it yet. The printer is autodetected and passes
> > the ascii test direct to port, but does not pass the regular ascii test
> > or the postscript test. I couldn't cut and paste the exact error, as
> > the text wasn't selectable. Beyond auto-detection by printtool what
> > else should be done to set up the printer?
> >
> > Also, I'd like to configure samba using swat, but when following the
> > directions in Learning Debian Gnu/Linux Chapter 10 (
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ch10_03.html ) It says "To
> > access swat, point your browser to port 901 of your system. For example,
> > you can use the URL http://localhost:901/. Your web browser will prompt
> > you for a userid and password; specify root as the userid and give the
> > appropriate password. Figure 10.1 shows swat's main menu, accessed by
> > using the system's IP address in place of its hostname."
> >
> > When I type http://localhost:901/ or http://192.168.0.1:901/ as the
> > example shows into Mozilla, I do NOT get asked for a userid or password,
> > and instead I get a pop up box saying: connection refused. I am logged
> > in as root when this happens.
> >
> > Do I have firewall settings blocking 901 or something? Or overall, 1)
> > How can I make swat work? and 2) How do I get the printer to work?
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > --
> > Brian W. Carver
--
Brian W. Carver
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: