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the 127.0.0.1 is the loop back network address of all machines to getting a
response from it is normal. the reason for not being able to connect to the
swap port is probably because the swat daemon is not running. take a look
in /etc/xinetd.d for some file called swat or samba, if nothing looks
apparent grep -il swat or samba. by default most of these are disabled,
edit the approiate file and change the disabled=yes to no, and run
/etc/init.d/xinetd reload and you should be all set.

At 09:33 AM 4/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I installed &.2 Redhat on my second hard drive dual boot and it worked out 
>ok. It has some really nice features. I also installed Samba because I want 
>to learn it. When I try to use SWAT on the web browser it dosent let me 
>connect to SWAT. It gives me an error 127.0.0.1:901 it wont open the port. I 
>went the Samba.org page for help and did everything possible to get it to 
>work. I can ping 127.0.0.1 and get a response. Has any one set up Samba and 
>had these issues? I really need help. Also every once in awhile on 7.2 I 
>lose my start menu. It just disappears. Has anyone had this problem before 
>happen. I have too log out and log in to get them back!