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wjko

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Registered: 2015-06-02

Posts: 7

[SOLVED] Can't get TFTP set up - likely config issues?

I'm trying to get TFTP set up for an ARM dev board, and need to set up TFTP with some fairly specific options. I have a working setup on my other computer (running Linux Mint), where my /etc/default/tftpd-hpa is:

TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"
TFTP_DIRECTORY="/var/tftpboot/wjko"
TFTP_ADDRESS="[::]:69"
TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure"

I've tried to "port" this config to /etc/conf.d/tftpd on my Arch box like so:

TFTPD_ARGS="--user=nobody --address=[::]:69 --secure /var/tftpboot/wjko"

, and my /usr/lib/systemd/system/tftpd.service looks like:

[Unit]
Description=hpa's original TFTP daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/tftpd
ExecStart=/usr/bin/in.tftpd --listen $TFTPD_ARGS

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

When I try to restart it (after a daemon-reload), I get "in.tftpd[7281]: cannot resolve local IPv6 bind address: ::(Name or service not known)" in journalctl -xe. I find this odd, since "cat /proc/<pid>/cmdline" on my working install gives

/usr/sbin/in.tftpd --listen --user tftp --address [::]:69 --secure /var/tftpboot/wjko

I'm aware that there's a way to run tftp with xinetd, but I haven't any luck with that either.

Last edited by wjko (2015-08-08 02:36:29)

nomorewindows

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Registered: 2010-04-03

Posts: 3,415

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get TFTP set up - likely config issues?

I think you should just stick with the packages defaults and not try to borrow something from another distribution.  Arch's tftp starts in /srv/tftp although this can be changed it did use to be /var/tftpboot.  Tftp works fine with just the default installation.  All you need to do is systemctl enable/start tftpd and place your files in the right place. I especially don't think the ip6 address designation is really needed.

Last edited by nomorewindows (2015-08-07 18:28:23)

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anatolik

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get TFTP set up - likely config issues?

Just remove '--address [::]:69' option. tftpd listens this port by default.

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wjko

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Registered: 2015-06-02

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get TFTP set up - likely config issues?

anatolik - thanks for the help, that worked perfectly.