How do you set up a TFTP in SW 10.2?

smarthouseguy · 04-10-2006, 10:00 PM

I use asterisk on my slackbox as my voip pbx. The install calls for aftpd from ftp://ftp.mamalinux.com/pub/atftp/atftp-0.7.tar.gz
but I've not been able to get this for some time. Is there another way to set up a TFTP server on my box using something already there?? If so, how?

Alien Bob · 04-11-2006, 06:19 AM

Enable the line for tftpd in /etc/inetd.conf by removing the '#' at the beginning of the line (luckily Slackware comes with tftpd-hpa which you need for Asterisk)

Code:

# tftp  dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/in.tftpd  in.tftpd -s /tftpboot -r blksize

and reload inetd by running " /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart".
You still need to create the directory "/tftpboot" which will hold the boot files that tftpd will serve. This directory is the root of a secure jail (the "-s /tftproot" parameter in /etc/inetd.conf).

smarthouseguy · 07-14-2006, 06:00 PM

how can i verify that this it working? phones don't want to take firmware updates from the tftp

Alien Bob · 07-18-2006, 01:49 PM

Use tftp to get a file of which you're certain it is on the tftp server's tftpboot directory:

Code:

tftp localhost -c get somefile

Did you restart inetd after editing /etc/inetd.conf ?

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart

Eric

trebek · 03-23-2007, 01:05 PM

Hello there guys.

I am just about to get this tftp working on my slackware 11 machine. When i type the command on the cisco pix to dump the running-config unto the tftp server, i guess the following error message:
%Error writing tftp://192.168.220.214//pix.cfg;int=inside (Permission denied)
This means the tftp server service is running, but i can't write to that file and/or directory, i dont' know. How do i solve this problem?

smarthouseguy · 03-23-2007, 06:41 PM

did you create the directory
"/tftpboot"
first??

I'm guessing you did since you say it's working but you can't write to it.

I only use mine to download from, but I would think it has something to do with permissions of the direcotry.

If you type:
man tftp
it will give you the manual for tftp-hpa, maybe what you need is in there

trebek · 03-25-2007, 01:33 PM

It did had to do with permissions, but not on the directory. I did have the /tftpboot directory, and at first, i gave it a 'chmod 777 /tftpboot' just to avoid having any issues. But then a friend of mine said to me: "you should give permissions not only to the directory, but to the file itself aswell". So i did and it worked just fine.

Thanks for the help man, i appreciate it.