I'm on RH9 and I am trying to start tftp using xinet. The problem is that udp fails to load. I want a tftp server for saving router configurations. This should work.

Both nmap and netstat show that nothing is happening on port 69.

What's stopping udp from loading so tftp can listen on port 69?

Jerry

Here's a frag of my system log:

Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Bad socket type: dgram^M [line=3]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Error parsing attribute socket_type - DISABLING SERVICE [line=3]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Protocol udp^M not in /etc/protocols [line=4]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Error parsing attribute protocol - DISABLING SERVICE [line=4]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Bad value for wait: yes^M [line=5]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Error parsing attribute wait - DISABLING SERVICE [line=5]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Unknown user: root^M [line=6]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Error parsing attribute user - DISABLING SERVICE [line=6]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Server /usr/sbin/in.tftpd^M is not executable [line=7]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Error parsing attribute server - DISABLING SERVICE [line=7]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Bad value: no^M [line=9]
Jul 24 12:53:32 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Error parsing attribute disable - DISABLING SERVICE [line=9]
Jul 24 12:53:33 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: xinetd Version 2.3.11 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in.
Jul 24 12:53:33 LINUXPC xinetd[14841]: Started working: 1 available service
Jul 24 12:53:35 LINUXPC xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded

Here's my tftp file in /etc/xinetd.d:

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

}

It looks like the file may have been created/edited on a windows machine. The ^M characters are carriage returns in the file. Try running a utility like 'dos2unix' on the file.

Resolved:

I was loading tftp instead of tftp-server.

There is a difference.

Relief.