A lot of people have reported problems with swat and 'localhost' in some distros. Have you tried only from = 127.0.0.1 in your xinetd.d/swat file and connecting to 127.0.0.1:901? You might have better luck.
~ Daniel -----Original Message----- From: yuval Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 3:15 PM To: samba list Subject: [Samba] unable to connect to SWAT samba ver (all- common,client,swat ..) = 2.2.7 rel 2 ======== /etc/xinetd.d/swat ======== disable is commented only from localhost ============================= smb is started (#service smb start) ============================== # netstat -l | grep 901 tcp 0 0 *:901 *:* LISTEN ======= This is the result of lynx localhost:901 ================ Looking up localhost first Looking up localhost:901 localhost:901 Making HTTP connection to localhost:901 Sending HTTP request. HTTP request sent; waiting for response. Retrying as HTTP0 request. Looking up localhost:901 localhost:901 Making HTTP connection to localhost:901 Sending HTTP request. HTTP request sent; waiting for response. Alert!: Unexpected network read error; connection aborted. Can't Access `http://localhost:901/' Alert!: Unable to access document. lynx: Can't access startfile ==================================== Does anyone has a clue what is going on ? i've succeeded only once and then all the above .. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba