Hi,

This is very old topic but despite of trying out all possible solutions available on net and forums, I am not able to setup tftp server on my 2.6.32.11-99.FC12.i686.PAE. Is there something obvious missing out.

/etc/xinet.d/tftp

# default: off
# description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file transfer \
# protocol. The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \
# workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, \
# and to start the installation process for some operating systems.
service tftp
{
disable = no
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s -c /tftpboot
per_source = 11
cps = 100 2
flags = IPv4
}


/etc/xinetd.conf

#
# This is the master xinetd configuration file. Settings in the
# default section will be inherited by all service configurations
# unless explicitly overridden in the service configuration. See
# xinetd.conf in the man pages for a more detailed explanation of
# these attributes.

defaults
{
# The next two items are intended to be a quick access place to
# temporarily enable or disable services.
#
enabled = tftp telnet
# disabled =

# Define general logging characteristics.
log_type = SYSLOG daemon info
log_on_failure = HOST
log_on_success = PID HOST DURATION EXIT

# Define access restriction defaults
#
# no_access =
only_from = 192.168.*.*
# max_load = 0
cps = 50 10
instances = 50
per_source = 10

# Address and networking defaults
#
# bind =
# mdns = yes
v6only = no

# setup environmental attributes
#
# passenv =
groups = yes
umask = 002

# Generally, banners are not used. This sets up their global defaults
#
# banner =
# banner_fail =
# banner_success =
}

includedir /etc/xinetd.d



These are the configuration setting in my PC.
I have done service xinetd --full-restart and then checked service --status-all. It showed xinetd (pid 4349) is running...
Yet after all these I dont find tftp running on my PC.
Please help me in setting tftp server on my PC. Its a kind of urgent.


thanks
-- RavS

Have you tried starting it ?

#which tftp
/usr/biun/tftp

Now when i run, /usr/bin/tftp start , it says Error: Name or service not known start: unknown host
and when I ran /usr/bin/tftp, it come to (to) prompt and then tftp>
I need to start tftp serve ron my pc so that my board can boot using file on pc

Well most servers are run as daemons, so you should be running tftpd
Try the same again with tftpd.

There is a file named /usr/sbin/in.tftpd. You can see that this is the server path in the config file. When I run this, nothing happens and it seems to hang there with a blank line.

Hi, I know this thread is a bit old now, I am wondering if this issue was ever resolved? I have a very similar problem, I'd be very grateful if Smoker could jump in again and help out.


I'm very new to the Linux scene, and I want to set up a PXE installation environment to install Xenserver
I'm running Fedora 13 and following the Citrix instructions to the letter.

Right now, my client server is picking up a DHCP address ok, but gets a 'Open Timeout' error message.

Following Smokers suggestions above:

# Which TFTP

I get the reply, no TFTP in (... and then list the search results in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin ..... etc)

As though there is no TFTP installed, but when I enter 'yum install tftp-server' I get the reply 'package tftp-server-0.49-6.fc13.i686 already installed ....

However, this is my /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file:

service tftp
{
disable = no
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s /tftpboot
per_source = 11
cps = 100 2
flags = IPv4
}

... and this is my /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file

#
# DHCP Server Configuration file.
# see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample
# see 'man 5 dhcpd.conf'
#
#DHCPDARGS=eth0;

log-facility local7;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.30;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.100;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
}
host clientname{
filename "/tftpboot/xenserver/install.img";
}


allow booting;
allow bootp;
class "pxeclients" {
match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
next-server 192.168.1.8;
filename "pxelinux.0";
}
#/tftpboot/linux-install/msg/boot.msg


Be glad of any help and advice

Many thanks

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And BTW, the suggestion above was meant to be

Thanks for your reply Smoker, but, when I enter:

service start tftpd - I get - 'unrecognised service'

which tftpd - I get - 'no tftpd in (.... and it lists the /usr/bin etc..)

but when I enter 'yum install tftp-server' I get the reply 'package tftp-server-0.49-6.fc13.i686 already installed ....

Have I got the wrong tftpd server installed?

Thanks

The command to start a service is
Have you tried which tftp-server ?

Thanks for sticking with me Smoker, yes I've tried all possible permutations, they either say unrecognized service or no tftp-server in (... and then lists the possible locations ....)

I had read somewhere that tftp/tftpd/server was not a service??

Thanks

Apparently tftp is run from /etc/xinetd.d/tftp so I would check there. tftp is exceedingly insecure, so I don't really want to help you run it anyway.