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rquijanol

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Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 3

Mount a TFTP Server

Hi

I need to launch a tftp server in my box. Anyone can provide me an explanation on how to do this.

Did some research, installed the tftp-hpa, but can't connect to localhost. Any advice?

George_K

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From: Russie, Saint-Pétersbourg

Registered: 2006-09-27

Posts: 75

Re: Mount a TFTP Server

TFTP is not FTP. What client did you use to connect to your server?

hungsonbk

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Registered: 2007-05-26

Posts: 105

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Re: Mount a TFTP Server

There are somethings that you need to do to make your tftp server work.
1. To allow others to connect to tftp server, add this line to /etc/hosts.allow file:
in.tftpd:ALL
2. By default, tftp server does not allow your to upload file, so you need to modify the /etc/rc.d/tftpd script so that it will allow you to upload file. It will look like this:
start)
    stat_busy "Starting TFTPD"
    [ -z "$PID" ] && /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -l -s -c /var/tftpboot

3. Change the /var/tftpboot attribute so it allows other to upload file:
#chmod 777 /var/tftpboot

You need to manage your server because it will open a hole to others to upload files to your servers. You can control it by using /etc/hosts.allow file or using iptables.

Cheers.