On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Grant McChesney wrote: > On 9/13/07, Davide Grandis <davide.grandis at fastwebnet.it> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to setup a TFTP server to serve as repository for the >> config of all my Cisco network devices. >> >> As per the the tftpd man, I've added the "-c" option into the /etc/ >> xinetd.d/tftp (as follows) but I still cannot get write access >> (unless the file is already present). >> >> [root at chl1 ~]# cd /etc/xinetd.d >> [root at chl1 xinetd.d]# cat tftp >> # default: off >> # description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file >> transfer \ >> # protocol. The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \ >> # workstations, download configuration files to network-aware >> printers, \ >> # and to start the installation process for some operating >> systems. >> service tftp >> { >> disable = no >> socket_type = dgram >> protocol = udp >> wait = no >> user = root >> server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd >> server_args = -s -c /tftpboot >> per_source = 11 >> cps = 100 2 >> flags = IPv4 >> } >> >> And here is it concerning the home path owner & permissions: >> >> [root at chl1 /]# ls -la >> ... >> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 10:18 tftpboot >> ... >> [root at chl1 /]# ls -la tftpboot/ >> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 10:18 . >> drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Sep 13 17:48 .. >> -rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 1811552 Sep 12 10:28 c3500xl-c3h2s-mz. >> 120-5.WC17.bin >> -rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 1181 Sep 13 17:51 pippo.config >> >> (pippo.config = fake file) >> >> This is what I get at the TFTP client side: >> >> LabTI-Infra-3524XL-01#copy running-config tftp: >> Address or name of remote host []? 10.58.2.204 >> Destination filename [labti-infra-3524xl-01-confg]? >> TFTP: error code 1 received - File not found >> >> %Error opening tftp://10.58.2.204/labti-infra-3524xl-01-confg >> (Undefined error) >> >> LabTI-Infra-3524XL-01# >> LabTI-Infra-3524XL-01#copy running-config tftp: >> Address or name of remote host []? 10.58.2.204 >> Destination filename [labti-infra-3524xl-01-confg]? pippo.config >> !! >> 2327 bytes copied in 0.831 secs >> >> So, it means that the TFTP client can only *re-write* an existing >> file but not creating new ones, and this is the expected behavior if >> the "-c" parameter is omitted! >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Any suggestion really appreciated! >> >> TIA, >> Davide >> >> > > I had this same problem when trying to back up my switch configs. After > some googling, I found a workaround for RH-based systems. The workaround is > disable tftp in xinetd, and run in.tftpd manually. I never figured out why > it would not work with xinetd. > Is xinetd installed? -Connie Sieh