Re: tftp question

2003-10-21 Thread Alan Peery
Jason Murray wrote: nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin 'nobody' entry from /etc/group: nobody:x:99: That tackles the top items on my list, and a small bit of investigation with "strings -a", "strace" and "grep" has proven to me that the error message is coming from in.tftp, and not from x

RE: tftp question

2003-10-21 Thread Jason Murray
Alan Peery wrote: >>in.tftpd[2225]: cannot set groups for user nobody >> >> >Sounds to me like there isn't a "nobody" group in /etc/group--or that >the user's group as defined in /etc/passwd doesn't exist. Alan, I looked into this. Here's the 'nobody' entry from /etc/passwd: nobody:x:99:99:Nobod

Re: tftp question

2003-10-21 Thread Alan Peery
Jason Murray wrote: in.tftpd[2225]: cannot set groups for user nobody Sounds to me like there isn't a "nobody" group in /etc/group--or that the user's group as defined in /etc/passwd doesn't exist. Alan -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/m

RE: tftp question

2003-10-21 Thread Jason Murray
Sorry for the resubmit, but I never saw this hit the list -Original Message- From: Jason Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tftp question Hi all, I've had to set up a TFTP server on my RedHat 9 (fully updated) machi

Re: tftp service was deactivated because of looping

2003-03-07 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 04:41:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using a linux running kernel ver 2.4.2-7 as my tftp server. The server works > fine and is being used for tftp'ying files extensively. But once in a while, it > hangs and I need to restart xinetd. When I check /var/log/messa

Re: TFTP server and Red Hat 8.0 (nate)

2003-01-28 Thread nate
Srini Amble said: > "udp0 0 0.0.0.0:69 0.0.0.0:*" > > I don't know what to make out of this. I would appreciate very much if you > shed some light on this. it means that your system is listening on UDP/69 for data, which means that you have a TFTP server running. > > Wh

Re: TFTP server and Red Hat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread dbrett
Also make sure the access all rights are set to full access to the directory and the files. On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, nate wrote: > Srini Amble said: > > I am trying to set up the tftp server on my Pentium host running Red Hat > > 8.0. This is required to boot my target board. The TFTP client is timin

Re: TFTP server and Red Hat 8.0 (nate)

2003-01-28 Thread Srini Amble
> > Srini Amble said: > > I am trying to set up the tftp server on my Pentium host running Red Hat > > 8.0. This is required to boot my target board. The TFTP client is timing > > out. I have placed the boot file in /tftpboot directory on my host. So far > > I have not been successful. My /etc/xi

Re: TFTP server and Red Hat 8.0

2003-01-28 Thread nate
Srini Amble said: > I am trying to set up the tftp server on my Pentium host running Red Hat > 8.0. This is required to boot my target board. The TFTP client is timing > out. I have placed the boot file in /tftpboot directory on my host. So far > I have not been successful. My /etc/xinetd.d/tftp se

Re: tftp

2002-05-30 Thread Mike Burger
We had this problem with RH 7.0 and 7.1. What you need to do is downgrade from tftp-server-0.17-5 to tftp-server-0.16-5. There's a bug in 0.17-5 that prevents uploading. You might also try getting a newer version...rpmfind.net has a number of updated tftp-server packages. On Thu, 30 May 200

Re: TFTP server

2002-01-17 Thread Mike Burger
The tftp server package is tftp-server. On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Madhvi Nundalalee wrote: > rpm -q tftp gives answer below. > tftp-0.17-9 > > Is this the tftp server package? > how do i determine if it's working properly? > > Cheers > Madhvi ___

Re: TFTP server

2002-01-17 Thread Madhvi Nundalalee
rpm -q tftp gives answer below. tftp-0.17-9 Is this the tftp server package? how do i determine if it's working properly? Cheers Madhvi - Original Message - From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 200

RE: TFTP server

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Burger
Oops...forgot about that part. On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Brad Bonkoski wrote: > turn it on as a service, in xinetd or inetd > > Depends on your distro, if you have it installed... > Basically, the more complete the question, the more complete the answer. > -Brad > > -Original Message- > Fro

Re: TFTP server

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Burger
Install the tftp-server package. On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Madhvi Nundalalee wrote: > Hello > > How can I make my Linux server act as a TFTP server ? > > Cheers > Madhvi > ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailma

RE: TFTP server

2002-01-08 Thread Brad Bonkoski
Title: RE: TFTP server turn it on as a service, in xinetd or inetd Depends on your distro, if you have it installed... Basically, the more complete the question, the more complete the answer. -Brad -Original Message- From: Madhvi Nundalalee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday

Re: TFTP on RH 7.0

2000-11-29 Thread Michael Burger
Wow...I just realized that this message was as old as it is...and my mailer thought it was new. Must have marked it unread, somehow. Sorry, folks... On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 19:11:41 -0700 (PDT), Todd A. Jacobs wrote: >When running tftpd out of xinetd, I get the following error whenever I try >to g

Re: TFTP on RH 7.0

2000-11-29 Thread Michael Burger
If it's happening when you try to get a file, the file is probably not --x--x--x. In addition to whatever properties you set on teh file (ie, rw-r--r--) you need to have an x in the owner, group and world fields (ie, rwxr-xr-x). Your /tftpboot directory should be set 777 (rwxrwxrwx). As to the

Re: tftp with RH70

2000-11-22 Thread Michael Burger
That's fine, but it didn't quite work out with the TFTP-Server package 0.17. I had to back level to 0.16 in order to get uploads to work. On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:50:34 -0500 (EST), David Brett wrote: >Make all the files executable and make sure the file exists. > > >david > >On Wed, 22 Nov 2000

Re: tftp with RH70

2000-11-22 Thread David Brett
Make all the files executable and make sure the file exists. david On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to setup a tftp server to store some configs from our network > devices. I have created the /tftpboot directory and made sure that it is > publicly writable and also ch

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > I have a basic question. How do I setup the tftpboot directory, so > that when a file is created in tftpboot it picks up all the rights of > the Directory? Setting the sticky bit: chmod 1xxx directory_foo will keep group permissions. I don't k

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
The x isn't just "execute"...my understanding is that it's also akin to "file access" On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > Hi SoloCDM > > I though 'w' gave acces to writing files. Why would 'x' access be > required to write a file via tftp? > > > david > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, SoloCDM

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-02 Thread David Brett
Hi SoloCDM I though 'w' gave acces to writing files. Why would 'x' access be required to write a file via tftp? david On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, SoloCDM wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > > > > > Hi Mike > > > > > > Here is the access rights of the directory: > > > -rw-rw-rw-1

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread SoloCDM
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > > > Hi Mike > > > > Here is the access rights of the directory: > > -rw-rw-rw-1 root root0 Nov 1 09:45 test.txt > > > > > > This is what the logs show when I attempt to write to the directory via > > tftp: > > > > Nov 1 09:49:29 mxw

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread Mike Burger
I'm sorry...I misunderstood the intent of hte original question. To answer the question, short of writing a script, or aliasing a command, I don't believe there's a quick and dirty way. On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > Hi Mike > > I was noticing when I created the file the permissions

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread David Brett
Hi Mike I was noticing when I created the file the permissions were not the same as the directory. I was wondering how to create the file and have it take the same permissions of the file. It is no big deal I will setup a script to do all the steps for me. david On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Mike Burg

RE: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread Scott
ember 01, 2000 10:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: TFTP not responding > > > Hi Mike > > Here is the access rights of the directory: > -rw-rw-rw-1 root root0 Nov 1 09:45 test.txt > > > This is what the l

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread Mike Burger
Well, the file has to exist in the directory before it can be written to, via tftp. As such, the permissions have to be set up on the file prior to trying to upload it. On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > Hi Mike > > I have a basic question. How do I setup the tftpboot directory, so th

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread Mike Burger
To me, either...but that seems to be the way it is. I'm glad it works, now. Now, if only I could get writing to work on my 7.0 box, I'd be happy. On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > Hi Mike > > Thanks for your help > > I ended up having to change the rights to 777 before it worked. D

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread David Brett
Hi Mike I have a basic question. How do I setup the tftpboot directory, so that when a file is created in tftpboot it picks up all the rights of the Directory? david On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > Thanks. Ok...First, I would change those permissions to 755, so that > they appear

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread David Brett
Hi Mike Thanks for your help I ended up having to change the rights to 777 before it worked. Doesn't make sense to me, why it needs 'x' rights, to be able to write to the directory. david On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > Thanks. Ok...First, I would change those permissions to 755,

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread Mike Burger
Thanks. Ok...First, I would change those permissions to 755, so that they appear as drwxr-xr-x. I had a similar problem a while back, and it turned out that my permissios were set as drwxr-xr--...once I added the x, I was fine...for downloading. I'm still having some issues with uploading (

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread David Brett
Hi Mike Sorry about that, here is what you asked for: drw-rw-rw-2 root root 4096 Nov 1 09:45 tftpboot The one thing I don't understand is, When I as local user try and create a file. I get permission denied. david On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > Unfortunately, thos

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread Mike Burger
Unfortunately, those are the access rights of the file. What are the ownership and rights of the actual directory (should be gleaned from an ls -l of the root directory)? On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > Hi Mike > > Here is the access rights of the directory: > -rw-rw-rw-1 root

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread David Brett
The the tftp server is using a static ip addressing? david On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, David Brett wrote: > > > I am trying to get tftp to work on 6.2. I can't figure out what I have > > incorrect. I created a directory '/tftpboot'. I created an e

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-01 Thread David Brett
Hi Mike Here is the access rights of the directory: -rw-rw-rw-1 root root0 Nov 1 09:45 test.txt This is what the logs show when I attempt to write to the directory via tftp: Nov 1 09:49:29 mxw-monitor tftpd[24848]: tftpd: trying to get file: test.txt Nov 1 09:49:29 mxw

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-10-31 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, David Brett wrote: > I am trying to get tftp to work on 6.2. I can't figure out what I have > incorrect. I created a directory '/tftpboot'. I created an empty file > which I want to write too with tftp. I made the directory and the file. > read and writable by everybody.

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-10-31 Thread Mike Burger
What are the ownership and properties on the /tftpboot directory? On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, David Brett wrote: > I am trying to get tftp to work on 6.2. I can't figure out what I have > incorrect. I created a directory '/tftpboot'. I created an empty file > which I want to write too with tftp. I

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-10-31 Thread David Brett
I am trying to get tftp to work on 6.2. I can't figure out what I have incorrect. I created a directory '/tftpboot'. I created an empty file which I want to write too with tftp. I made the directory and the file. read and writable by everybody. I uncommented the tftp lines in /etc/inetd.conf.

Re: TFTP on RH 7.0

2000-10-22 Thread Michael Burger
Correction...this fixed my get problems, but put still doesn't seem to work. On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 07:41:49 -0400, Michael Burger wrote: >We've just been running through this one, actually. > >One thing to look at is the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file. Make sure that >the server_args line reads: > >

Re: TFTP on RH 7.0

2000-10-22 Thread Michael Burger
We've just been running through this one, actually. One thing to look at is the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file. Make sure that the server_args line reads: server_args = -s /tftpboot And make sure the /tftpboot directory permissions are at least drwxr-xr-x That last x was missing

RE: TFTP on RH 7.0

2000-10-21 Thread Juha Saarinen
%-> When running tftpd out of xinetd, I get the following error %-> whenever I try %-> to get or put a file from localhost: %-> %-> errorcode 2: access violation %-> %-> Can anyone tell me what that means, and how to fix it? There was a long thread on the Guinness list, until someone came up