updated SWAT README to remove cgi-bin instructions

(This used to be commit baa43fb17b04b7945456514e01682e5dca5dfe99)

diff --git a/swat/README b/swat/README
index 2810e4e086a80bab92ad6ca88fd651a9abc3d9ac..588ecef769a38eebf87d135111ad9abbd10068b1 100644 (file)
--- a/swat/README
+++ b/swat/README
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 This is a brief description of how to install and use the Samba Web
 Administration Tool on your machine.
 
 This is a brief description of how to install and use the Samba Web
 Administration Tool on your machine.
 

-Please note that SWAT is still being developed so you should not
-expect it to be bug free. You should only install and use it if you
-want to either get a preview of what we are doing with SWAT or you
-want to help in the development of SWAT.
-

 Installation
 ------------
 
 Installation
 ------------
 


@@ -21,9 +16,7 @@ Running via inetd
 -----------------
 
 You then need to edit your /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services to enable
 -----------------
 
 You then need to edit your /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services to enable

-SWAT to be launched via inetd. Note that SWAT can also be launched via
-the cgi-bin mechanisms of a web server (such as apache) and that is
-described below.
+SWAT to be launched via inetd. 

 
 In /etc/services you need to add a line like this:
 
 
 In /etc/services you need to add a line like this:
 


@@ -38,69 +31,27 @@ In /etc/inetd.conf you should add a line like this:
 
 swat    stream  tcp     nowait.400  root    /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat
 
 
 swat    stream  tcp     nowait.400  root    /usr/local/samba/bin/swat swat
 

-If you just want to see a demo of how swat works and don't want to be
-able to actually change any Samba config via swat then you may chose
-to change "root" to some other user that does not have permission to
-write to smb.conf.
-

 One you have edited /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf you need to send
 a HUP signal to inetd. On many systems "killall -1 inetd" will do this
 on others you will need to use "kill -1 PID" where PID is the process
 ID of the inetd daemon.
 
 
 One you have edited /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf you need to send
 a HUP signal to inetd. On many systems "killall -1 inetd" will do this
 on others you will need to use "kill -1 PID" where PID is the process
 ID of the inetd daemon.
 
 

-Running via cgi-bin
--------------------
-
-To run SWAT via your web servers cgi-bin capability you need to copy
-the swat binary to your cgi-bin directory. Note that you should run
-SWAT either via inetd or via cgi-bin but not both.
-
-Then you need to create a swat directory in your web servers root
-directory and copy the images/* and help/* files into there so that
-they are visible via the URL http://your.web.server/swat/
-
-Next you need to make sure you modify your web servers authentication
-to require a username/pssword for the URL
-http://your.web.server/cgi-bin/swat. Don't forgt this step! If you do
-forget it then you will be allowing anyone to edit your Samba
-configuration which would allow them to easily gain root access on your
-machine.
-
-After testing the authentication you need to change the ownership and
-permissions on the swat binary. It should be owned by root wth the
-setuid bit set. It should be ONLY executable by the user that the web
-server runs as. Make sure you do this carefully!
-
-for example, the following would be correct if the web server ran as
-group "nobody".
-
--rws--x---    1 root     nobody    
-
-You must also realise that this means that any user who can run
-programs as the "nobody" group can run swat and modify your Samba
-config. Be sure to think about this!
-

 
 Launching
 ---------
 
 To launch SWAT just run your favourite web browser and point it at
 
 Launching
 ---------
 
 To launch SWAT just run your favourite web browser and point it at

-http://localhost:901/ or http://localhost/cgi-bin/swat/ depending on
-how you installed it.
+http://localhost:901/ 

 
 Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected machine but
 connecting from a remote machine leaves your connection open to
 password sniffing as passwords will be sent in the clear over the
 wire.
 
 
 Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected machine but
 connecting from a remote machine leaves your connection open to
 password sniffing as passwords will be sent in the clear over the
 wire.
 

-If installed via inetd then you should be prompted for a
-username/password when you connect. You will need to provide the
-username "root" and the correct root password. More sophisticated
-authentication options are planned for future versions of SWAT.
-
-If installed via cgi-bin then you should receive whatever
-authentication request you configured in your web server.
+You should be prompted for a username/password when you connect. You
+will need to provide the username "root" and the correct root
+password. 

 
 Running
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 Running
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