[CentOS] tftp times out

Thu Dec 28 20:18:54 UTC 2006
Jeff Stacey <Jeff.Stacey at jri.ca>

I have found for pxe installs that tftp would only work (for me) if the
owner:group of the files/directories in question are nobody:nogroup


Jeff


On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 14:05 -0600, Mark Snyder wrote:
> 
> chrism at imntv.com wrote:
> > Mark Snyder wrote:
> >>
> >> tftp keeps timing out when I try to transfer files.  I intend to
use 
> >> tftp with G4U to clone a standard workstation. I am testing it
between 
> >> two Dell poweredge servers running CentOS 4.3.  "chkconfig --list 
> >> |grep tftp" shows tftp up and running on both boxes. When connected

> >> "tftp>status" shows it is talking to the other box
> >> "tptp>trace" shows  "sent WRQ <file=slavelit, mode=netascii>" and
ends 
> >> with Transfer timed out.
> >>
> >> I have tftp is being run under xinetd.
> >>
> >> I have modified /etc/xinetd.d/tftpd as follows:
> >>
> >> server_args       -p -c -U 002 -u install -s /tster
> >>
> >> I have setup a user install, set read/write privileges on /tster
which 
> >> is owned by install
> >>
> >> Not sure what else I need to do to get this working, any
suggestions 
> >> would be appreciated
> > 
> > Have you checked the usual culprits?  SELINUX or iptables?  Try 
> > disabling them one at a time and see if the bad behavior disappears.
> > 
> 
> both are disabled, but it was a good thought.
> 
> > Cheers,
> > 
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