[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#670472: Bug#670472: swat: cant log in as root

[Christian PERRIER]

tags 670472 moreinfo
thanks

Quoting ICosier (imogen.cosier at aao.gov.au):
> Sorry,
> 
> On a clean install of the latest samba on the latest debian, I can
> not log into swat as root, only as my user. I am unable to make any
> changes.
> 

Sorry, I forgot to come back on this when you answered.

I'm afraid we need much more details.

You can't login as root, you say. OK, I guess you're trying to open
http://localhost:901 with a web browser, right?

Then the browser prompts you for an account/password.

Then you give the *Unix* password of the local root account of your
machine, right?

Can you login (at the console, for instance) on this machine with this
root account? In short, isn't it disabled?

If it isn't disabled, then what message do you get?

Is there something in /var/log/syslog (this is where swat should log)?

You can also try increasing the swat level log by modifying
/etc/inetd.conf:

swat		stream	tcp	nowait.400	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/swat -d3

(-d<n> can be increased up to 10, see swat(8) )

I would really appreciate getting these information because  I can't
reproduce any bug on my side.


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