SWAT should be installed to run via the network super-daemon. Depending on which system your UNIX/Linux system has, you will have either an inetd - or xinetd -based system.

The nature and location of the network super-daemon varies with the operating system implementation. The control file (or files) can be located in the file /etc/inetd.conf or in the directory /etc/[x]inet[d].d or in a similar location.

The control entry for the older style file might be:

	# swat is the Samba Web Administration Tool
	swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat

A control file for the newer style xinetd could be:

# default: off
# description: SWAT is the Samba Web Admin Tool. Use swat \
#              to configure your Samba server. To use SWAT, \
#              connect to port 901 with your favorite web browser.
service swat
{
	port    = 901
	socket_type     = stream
	wait    = no
	only_from = localhost
	user    = root
	server  = /usr/sbin/swat
	log_on_failure  += USERID
	disable = no
}

In the above, the default setting for disable is yes. This means that SWAT is disabled. To enable use of SWAT, set this parameter to no as shown.

Both of the previous examples assume that the swat binary has been located in the /usr/sbin directory. In addition to the above, SWAT will use a directory access point from which it will load its Help files as well as other control information. The default location for this on most Linux systems is in the directory /usr/share/samba/swat. The default location using Samba defaults will be /usr/local/samba/swat.

Access to SWAT will prompt for a logon. If you log onto SWAT as any non-root user, the only permission allowed is to view certain aspects of configuration as well as access to the password change facility. The buttons that will be exposed to the non-root user are HOME, STATUS, VIEW, and PASSWORD. The only page that allows change capability in this case is PASSWORD.

As long as you log onto SWAT as the user root , you should obtain full change and commit ability. The buttons that will be exposed include HOME, GLOBALS, SHARES, PRINTERS, WIZARD, STATUS, VIEW, and PASSWORD.