[CentOS] tftp-server, unable to create new files (even with "-c"option)

[Les Mikesell]

Davide Grandis wrote:
>
>> Yes, those are good controls on tftp and sound like best practices.
>>
>> For initial population of /tftpboot though one may want to use -c
>> and then once it is populated remove the -c switch, check it all
>> into cvs/subversion and make sure the permissions are sane.
> 
> Let me tell that in some circumstances it could be not that easy create 
> the file in advance. This is usually the case when TFTP-ing in from a 
> network device that has limited capabilities (no SSH client tipically). 
> Anyway, that's an added complexity that is unncesserary in my point of 
> view.

I normally just open 2 windows from wherever I'm working, one ssh'd to 
the server holding the file copies, one for telnet or ssh to the device. 
  Sometimes this involves a VPN connection and access to a freenx 
session that already has some of these windows open.  For things like 
editing access lists, I find it much easier to edit on the computer side 
and tftp the whole thing than to work with the limited set of commands 
on a router.  Likewise for initial router/switch setups, I usually 
create the file from a copy of something similar, edit it on the server, 
then tftp it to the startup config and reload.  Plus, after tftp'ing any 
changes back to the server I need the connection there to commit to cvs.

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   Les Mikesell
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