tftp configs... ?

[Dave Cooper]

I have used tftp successfully with older RH installs... This is the first
time I've had a problem..
xinetd looks ok, ... ???

I am trying to store a bunch of router cfg's for backup...

Long term goal, cron runs expect script weekly, backs up all routers... :)


Current errors:

Remote (Cisco )Router says:
{
TFTP connection fail(-1).

file tftp:/tftpboot/temp.cfg cannot be opened for write (TFTP write error)
Cannot write buffer to file
Cannot copy from config: to tftp:/tftpboot/temp.cfg
}

I  have created an empty file, and alsoo tryed with no file....
{
[root at proxy1 /tftpboot]# ls -l
total 0
-rwxrwxrwx    1 nobody   nobody          0 Apr  3 18:46 test.cfg
[root at proxy1 /tftpboot]#
}

The Kernel: uname: kernel 2.2.22


Original ME Says:>
> Have ran tftp for a while with Slackware and then later (now) in
> Debian. Seems to work rather well.
>
> A side note (you probably know this) tftp is not really a replacement for
> ftp or other ftp services. tfpt is most commonly used to transmit new
> firmware updates to networking equipment, help netbooting devices get an
> image or kernel or instruction set to start their work, and to play aroud
> with moving files when you are bored.
>
> Long ago, tftpd would (by default) allow any files from "/" to be accessed
> by UID ~= nobody. Now it seems, many distros have switched over the
> explicit "new roots" often using "/boot" or some other name.
>
> How are you trying to use tftp, and in what context?
>
> -ME
>
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