Well, maybe I won't have to recompile to get xinetd working. I feel
like I am close to getting this but something is still missing.
I added the following bootps file to /etc/xinetd.d
# default: off
# the -i argument forces the server into inetd mode where bootpd to be
# started only when a boot request arrives. If it does not receive
another
# packet within fifteen minutes of the last one it received, it will
exit
# to conserve system resources.
service bootps
{
disable = no
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/bootpd
server_args = -i /etc/bootptab
}
When I restart xinetd, though, I get the following message in
/var/log/messages:
Feb 13 10:11:13 linus xinetd[4598]: bind failed (Address already in use
(errno = 98)). service = bootps
However nmap reports that port 67 is not in use and /etc/services seems
to be set up properly.
bootps 67/tcp # BOOTP server
bootps 67/udp
Janyne Kizer wrote:
>
> Unfortunately we have a lot of hardware (older NCD HMX terminals and so
> on) that do not support DHCP so we will have to go with BootP on this
> project. Before I go any further, does anyone have a version of BootP
> that will work with xinetd? I downloaded the bootp-2.4.3-7 files but I
> thought I'd check and see if anyone had what I was looking for before
> proceeding much further. Thanks again for all of your help.
>
> Chad and Doria Skinner wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if this will help, but on my home network I have entries
> > similar to the following in my dhcpd.conf file so that my computers always
> > have the same ip:
> >
> > host rigel {
> > hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00;
> > fixed-address 192.168.1.1;
> > }
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Janyne Kizer
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:55 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: bootp question
> > >
> > >
> > > So DHCP is backward compatable with Bootp, right? I'll test, of course,
> > > but we have some older diskless workstations that we are serving
> > > addresses to. Thanks!
> > >
> > > Ragnar Wisløff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Sitat Janyne Kizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > >
> > > > > Was bootp depreciated in favor of dhcp? I know that it has not
> > > > > shipped
> > > > > since about RH6 but I was curious. We have some very old systems
> > > > > using
> > > > > bootp and we could just copy the bootptab over when we drop in new
> > > > > systems if we stayed with that but if bootp has, in fact, been
> > > > > depreciated (as i suspect it has) then maybe that's not such a good
> > > > > idea. Just trying to weigh our options. Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > The main benefit from dhcp was to assign ip's dynamically from a range,
> > > > bootp was a one-to-one MAC to ip system, I think. You should be able to
> > > > get dhcp to do all bootp could. On modern RHL systems you'll have to
> > > > compile and install bootp from source. The rpms (last one from 5.1) want
> > > > inetd.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mvh Ragnar Wisløff
> > > > ------------------
> > > > life is a reach. then you gybe.
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