tftp???

[Peter Arremann]

On Friday 09 September 2005 20:04, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> ok, I'm missing something stupid I'm sure, I (tried) to enable the tftp
> server on a FC4 system, my tftp file in the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file is
> as such
>
> --begin--
>
> service tftp
> {
>         socket_type             = dgram
>         protocol                = udp
>         wait                    = yes
>         user                    = root
>         server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
>         server_args             = -c -s /tftpboot
>         disable                 = no
>         per_source              = 11
>         cps                     = 100 2
>         flags                   = IPv4
> }
>
> --end--
>
> I did a "chmod 777 /tftpboot"
>
> when I attempt to send a file to the tftp server it fails.  I fired up
> ethereal and I can see the following information coming back from what
> should be the tftp server (the FC4 system)... Opcode: Error Code (5),
> Error code: Not defined (0), and Error message: Permission denied
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something stupid.  and I added the -c option so
> tftp will allow file creation.  the system was actually restarted
> several times since the change was made, but I've done a kill -1 and a
> kill -USR2 in the past.
>
> TIA, Jeff
All sounds right... In installed the server, put your xinetd config file in 
place, created the dir and changed the permissions... Worked just fine...
you sure your permissions are right? put a few -v in the server_args and see 
if you get more log output.

Peter.