Ubuntu
netkit-tftp package

Proper tftpd xinetd entry should be created during installation of package

Bug #63843 reported by Steven Harms
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
netkit-tftp (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

During the installation of tftpd, instead of actually configuring tftpd for use with xinetd it just says how to do it. Since xinetd is default, this is not the proper procedure.

--------- IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR XINETD USERS ----------
The following line will be added to your /etc/inetd.conf file:

tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.tft pd /srv/tftp

If you are indeed using xinetd, you will have to convert the
above into /etc/xinetd.conf format, and add it manually. See
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/README.Debian for more information.
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Steven Harms (sharms)
Changed in netkit-tftp:
assignee: nobody → alberto-gonzalez-lopez
assignee: alberto-gonzalez-lopez → nobody
Revision history for this message
kriss (kriss) wrote :

if you are running a ipv6 system you should use

udp4

since tftpd is only supporting ipv4

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in netkit-tftp:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Anthony G (anthony-groyer) wrote :

As kriss mentionned, the auto-generated tftpd configuration must include the "flags = IPv4" because tftp does not support ipv6:
"
service tftp
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = nobody
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = /srv/tftp
flags = IPv4
}
"

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