Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (July 2001)

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Samba for MPE/iX Services
Description and Usage of SWAT
How to use SWAT:
To use the SWAT interface, just point and click on any
of the options on the front page banner. The following
are the brief descriptions of what each link in the
banner stands for:
Home Samba help and documentation page
Globals Link to global variable and
configuration options
Shares This link allows you to select the
available shares for configuration or
lets you create/delete shares from the
record.
Printers This link makes it possible to choose
existing printers from the printers
section of smb.conf file and change
the configuration for each one of them.
Status The status of the Server can be polled
by clicking on this link, smbd and nmbd
running status can also be checked. In
addition, information on active
connections, active share and active
files that are open can be retrieved,
allowing easy monitoring of server
usage.
View This link gives an abbreviated view of
the smb.conf file. A full view can also
be obtained by clicking on the “Full
View” button.