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etrader

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Registered: 2012-09-21

Posts: 21

Installing Arch over network

I tried to install Arch on another computer via local network (using PXE). I followed the instruction given at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PXE

Eveything went well, but I cannot start dnsmasq service

rc.d start dnsmasq
:: Starting DNS/DHCP daemon                                              [BUSY] 
dnsmasq: TFTP directory /mnt/archiso inaccessible: Permission denied
                                                                         [FAIL] 

I am as the root, what is this permission error? and how can I resolve it?

Isola

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Registered: 2010-02-02

Posts: 99

Re: Installing Arch over network

dnsmasq drops from the user "root" to the user "dnsmasq" when it starts. Many daemons does this for security.

Look in  /etc/dnsmasq.conf and change the user you want it to be. Look for the lines

user=
group=

Or you can just chmod +r /mnt/archiso

djv

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Registered: 2019-02-18

Posts: 6

Re: Installing Arch over network

Same problem, have 777 permissions for the tftp-root - but still getting dnsmasq's error: TFTP directory /home/djv/tmp/tftproot inaccessible: Permission denied
some googling tells about SELinux, but it seems I don't have it
any thoughts?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,088

Re: Installing Arch over network

Please don't necrobump 9 year old threads. This is extremely unlikely to have the same cause than whatever your current issue is. Make your own threads detailing how you are attempting to set this up exactly.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.