On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Minervini Luigi wrote:
> Sorry but I'm a brand new Linux user, so I'm really in trouble!!
>
> I need to configure a tftp server to download a configuration image from a
> remote router.
> The following is the tftp configuration file (included in xinetd.conf):
>
> # 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
> {
> socket_type = dgram
> protocol = udp
> wait = yes
> user = nobody
> log_on_success += USERID
> log_on_failure += USERID
> server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
> server_args = in.tftpd
> # disable = yes
> }
> When I try to download the router cofiguration to the Linux machine via
> tftp, I get the following error message:
>
> TFTP: error code 2 received - Access violation
>
> %Error opening tftp:// 156.54.2.42/gwtmp1-confg (Undefined error)
>
You have to specify the directory in which tftp is allowed to have file
access to. In inetd.conf, it is:
tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/in.tftpd /tftpboot
so try to add /<dirfortftptooperate> to server_args.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
