atfptd in squeeze won't do anything
Isaac Freeman
I have been beating my head against the wall on this for a day and a half. I just installed atftpd (0.7.dfsg-9.1) on Squeeze. When I first installed it, it wouldn't take connections through the default inetd stuff. So I tried editing /etc/default/atftpd and setting USE_INETD=false and running it as a daemon. Still nothing. So I tried manually running /usr/sbin/atftpd, and no matter what options I give it (including none) it just prints the usage and exits, unless I specify --daemon and/or --no-fork in which case it just exits with an exit code 0 and there is no process running or anything listening on that port.
Please, any ideas, reports or similar (or even different) behavior, or any thing else would be greatly appreciated. This is driving me crazy. And I can't seem to find any recent howtos on the subject, they all seem to be several years old, or they say basically "apt-get it, and it should work".
Also, I tried getting tftpd-hpa working too with similar problems, but I haven't done as extensive of troubleshooting on that.
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Camaleón
Well, I've never used such service but I would:
- Read the docs ("/usr/share/doc/atftpd/"), maybe it requires some tweaks
to put it to work
- Review the logs, once you start the service and try to make a
connection from a client machine
- Look into Debian BTS, maybe there is a bug on that concrete package
that can be hitting you:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=atftpd;dist=unstable
- And finally, google for any recent tutorial/howto on the matter:
http://blog.kymera-it.com/2011/02/setting-up-atftpd-server-on-debian.html
Greetings,
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Scott Ferguson
I've only ever used tftp for pxe servers - deprecated with gpxe (http is
much faster and simpler) - if that's what you want to use tftp for
you'll find tftpd-hpa much simpler to configure.
What permissions do you have on the directory being served??
Have you set up:-
/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
??
If you can tell me a little more about what you want to use tftp for
more it may be helpful.
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Scott Ferguson
> Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm looking to set up a PXE server. The
> permissions on the directory provided to atftpd are 777 as specified in
> the usage. I don't see how host.{allow,deny} make any difference with
> whether or not the server starts.
They don't affect the server starting - they are the next obstacle after
the server starts ("it wouldn't take connections through the default
inetd stuff" ?).
> I'll give tftp-hpa a try, and I'll
> look in to gpxe.
>
Irony(?) - looking through my notes from when I was collecting
information to build my first pxe server, I see all these Lotus links...
:-) I no longer have my IBM logins - but you'll find plenty of internal
references (redbooks etc).
I used/use a separate machine (IPCop) for my DHCP server - so your setup
will be different. Post your dhcpd.conf and if you have problems
connecting clients to a running tftp server.
There's a good guide to a basic single machine setup here:-
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/478
NOTE: that is slightly different to Squeeze - replace references to
/var/lib/tftpboot with /serv/tftpboot
Basic guide (note my point about me not running a dhcp server on the
same box:-
*Install tftp server
# apt-get install tftpd-hpa
*Check tftp server
# netstat -uap | grep tftp
udp 0 0 *:tftp *:*
2242/inetd
If you don't get that output, please advise and I'll post the simple fix.
*Setup dhcpd.conf eg.:-
subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.20;
filename "pxelinux.0";
next-server 192.168.2.1;
option routers 192.168.2.1;
}
*Setup server directories:-
# mkdir -v /srv/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
# mkdir -pv /srv/tftpboot/$distro/$release/$arch
^^ eg. /srv/tftpboot/debian/squeeze/i386
*Setup pxelinux.cfg/default (/srv/tftpboot/pexlinux.cfg/default):-
---------------------------------
DISPLAY boot.txt
DEFAULT squeeze_i386_expert_kde
LABEL squeeze_i386_expert_kde
kernel debian/squeeze/i386/linux
append priority=low vga=normal initrd=debian/squeeze
/i386/initrd.gz desktop=kde --
LABEL squeeze_i386_rescue
kernel debian/squeeze/i386/linux
append vga=normal initrd=debian/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz
rescue/enable=true --
PROMPT 1
TIMEOUT 0
--------------------------------
*Setup boot.txt (/srv/tftpbooot/pxelinux.cfg/boot.txt)
NOTE: I found there are limits to the amount of entries in this - if you
strike problems let me know and I show you the (graphical) workaround.
-------------------------------
- Boot Menu -
=============
squeeze_i386_expert_kde
squeeze_i386_rescue
------------------------------
* Setup files to be served eg.:-
# cd /srv/tftpboot/
# wget -t 0
http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/pxelinux.0
# cd /srv/tftpboot/debian/squeeze/i386
# wget -t 0
http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux
# wget -t 0
http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz
* Restart server:-
# service tftpd-hpa restart
Disclaimer - I'm working from notes and memory, *do* check my spelling.
I've noted anytime I modify the default Debian settings - so if you are
working with pre-installed packages double check that you didn't change
default setting, or:-
# dpkg-reconfigure $whatever_package_has_been_tweaked
<snipped - top posting makes replying more trouble than it's worth>
For gPXE:-
http://etherboot.org/wiki/start
I was initially inspired by this:-
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1911723796712805715
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