[luau] (no subject)

[yuser at hi.net]

I may have missed some of this thread...


On 22 Jul 2002 at 13:49, Michael Ableyev wrote:

> service swat
> {
>         port    = 901
>         socket_type     = stream
>         wait    = no
>         only_from = localhost
>         user    = root
>         server  = /usr/local/samba/bin/swat
>         log_on_failure  += USERID
>         disable =  No
> }

The Redhat RPM for swat puts things in slightly different place then if you compile and install Samba manually.  For RH, swat is in /usr/sbin/swat.   If you want to also 
connect to swat from all other machines on your local network you can add 192.168.1.0,  the 0 is a wildcard for xinetd.conf.

localhost is defined in your /etc/hosts file.  Doing anything localhost will connect to the a loopback interface which has an IP of 127.0.0.1 which is the local machine.  A 
/sbin/ifconfig will show your interfaces).  I have never seen a system with TCP/IP that did not follow this standard.  Instead of modifing config files for various applications to 
include your NIC's ip address I would get used to using localhost when you need to use a service on the local machine (like http://localhost:901).  Just like telnet localhost 
will telnet into the same machine and your mailserver is at localhost:25 etc...

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Strode" <halfline at hawaii.rr.com>
> > > Under network config, /etc/hosts and lmhostsunder /etc/samba I have it
> > > as 192.168.1.76
> > >
> > > When I try to connect to smb.conf via SWAT using
> > > http://192.168.1.76:901 <http://192.168.1.76:901/> it rejects me.
> > >
> > > But when I connect to SWAT using http://127.0.0.1:901
> > > <http://127.0.0.1:901/> it goes through.
> > >
> > > Why is that?
> > >
> > I think the rationale is that the configuration should only take place
> > on the
> > local machine.  127.0.0.1 is the loopback ip, and can only ever be accessed
> > by the local machine, so it's the most secure ip to allow connections from.
> >
> > --Ray
> >