SWAT doesn't allow admin login after install

[Tobin Davis]

After installing ubuntu-server Natty (amd64) with samba file server, openssh-server, and swat web management package, swat fails to allow the user to administrate the system. I later discovered that the permissions of /etc/samba/smb.conf need to have group adm and g+w set for the default user (created during install) to have access. This step should be added to the swat post-install. Security shouldn't be adversely affected by this change, as people in the adm group are by nature sudoers any ways.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: swat 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
BothFailedConnect: Yes
Date: Mon Jul 25 08:23:39 2011
NmbdLog:

ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SambaServerRegression: Yes
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[James Page (james-page)]

Hi Tobin

swat and how much it integrates into the way Ubuntu/Debian handle administrator access has been kicking around for a while now - see bug 5608 for more details.

As such I'm going to mark this bug as a duplicate.

Thanks