This is actually a bug for 3.0.1 - The RPM install packages for Fedora do not properly register SWAT at port 901 in /etc/services and swat will refuse to start. This shouldn't be a problem for experienced users, but can be a showstopper for newbies. Other than that, 3.0.1 fixed every problem that I was having with 3.0. Great work! and thanks a bunch.
Fixed for 3.0.2rc1
sorry for the same, cleaning up the database to prevent unecessary reopens of bugs.
database cleanup