At 01:46 PM 12/31/2001 -0800, Ken Nowack wrote: >Hello again, > >Well, I had samba and swat both installed during the >initial installation. After I got my network up and >running I went to try the SWAT config tool to get >samba running. It brings up a Konqueror window and >gives the error "cannot connect to localhost port 901" > >Ok, so I figure maybe bad install. So I verify my >packages, still no dice. I check for upgrades, samba >has a newer version package. So I download the rpm and >install it. Then I start the samba services. Try swat >again. No dice. I figure maybe bastille is >interfering. I shut down bastille and try again, no >dice. Hmmm.... The next thing I think is maybe I >should verify apache is working properly. So I test >apache. I bring up a window https://127.0.0.1. Bingo >apache welcome page. Try swat again. No dice. > >I figured maybe I should just go the webmin route to >save me the hassle of figuring this issue out. I go to >mandrakeuser.org docs. I pull up the doc's for https >and webmin. I scan down a few lines and what does it >say? It says to modify httpd.conf changing user and >group to root. No way in heck I'm running it as root >being the new admin that I am. So for fun I decide to >try anyway, just to see. Edit the doc, restart httpd, >failed. Apache doesn't want to let me run as root. So >I figure webmin is out. > >So as a last ditch effort, I try the MCC. It at least >has the basic config wizard. Maybe if I could get that >far I could get swat working. The wizard gets to the >second screen and reports that my network is not >configured 'at all'. Now I'm completely confused. Not >only is my network configured, not only is it >currently working, but I even used the damn MCC to >configure it (at first at least, the >InteractiveBastille later). > >What the heck should I try next? > >Thanks, > >Ken
Try "smb start" in a window?
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