cannot acces SWAT as root

[kjacks]

I just started using SWAT and Samba. I cannot access SWAT as the root user. I did add a user with this command:

sudo smbpasswd -a james

I log in @ http://ubuntu:901/shares

I can log in under username james fine but it doesn't give me all the functionality that the root would give. Shouldn't I be able to log in with the Ubuntu's root password? Here is what my xinetd.d file looks like:

# description: SAMBA SWAT
service swat {
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
#should use a more limited user here
user = root
wait = no
server = /usr/sbin/swat
}

I copied this from a lot of SWAT tutorials and I'm sure I just missed some simple step. Thanks for any help you can give!

[peter@kkvs]

Just had the same problem. change or reset your root passwd
sudo passwd root
new password "big-secret"
then go to your browser and just enter http://server:901
it will prompt for user name and password.
Which needs to be "root" followed by the root password
If this does not work over a network you need to install netkit-inetd
sudo apt-get install netkit-inetd
and all should work fine
(PS took me nearly a day to find these key bits of info on the web - why are they not written clearly in any of the manuels ?)

[kjacks]

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the help!