Questions tagged [tftp]
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Centos TFTP boot server without a dhcpd server
Good Day,
I want to ask the comunity if it is possible to setup a TFTP boot server without running a local dhcpd server on the local box? The setup currently looks like this?
What is currently happening (2 dhcpd servers clashing) router (with dhcpd)…

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ks.cfg file + how to fit the ks.cfg for PXE server
I want to configure the ks.cfg file under PXE server
So I will able to install linux from PXE server
PXE server include the files ( initrd.img & vmlinuz ) and the ks.cfg
My default ks.cfg was taken from the original initrd.img ( from ISO file )
And…

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iptables filter tftp's caps failed
i want use iptables to filter tftp client's OUTPUT package, but failed, could you help me?
My rules:
iptables -A OUTPUT -m udp -p udp --dport 69 -j NFQUEUE
iptables -A OUTPUT -m string --algo kmp --string "nessus" -j NFQUEUE
The client's OUTPUT…

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tftpd-hpa inside VMware server fails to deliver files for PXEBoot
I've a PXE server for network installation. Everything was working fine until we virtualized the server using VMware ESXi 5.1.
When we try to boot a machine through the network, it got an IP from the DHCP server (running on the same machine) and it…

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3COM switch "Can't find source file" error on tftp put
I am trying to upgrade my 3COM switch firmware. I am following the instructions on these…

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installing programs to client over Ubuntu server
I am guessing this is possible, however I am not sure what protocol(s) to use and pretty much the way to go about this.
Let's say for instance Open Office -- how could we set up our Ubuntu server to install programs (serve installation files) to…

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Cisco and HP backups to Spiceworks TFTP occasionally creating .tmp files
We are backing up our ASAs and switches using some scripting. It works very well. I have noticed though, occasionally, the backups to the TFTP will come out not as plain "files" with no extension, rather .tmp files.
Curious as to the cause. I have…

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What alternatives exist to using TFTP in setup
I'm looking for a way to set up clients in a network and have used TFTP so far. Messing around with the server I was able to do a path traversal with something similar like GET asdf/../../../../windows/win.ini. For this and other security…

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Ubuntu kickstart configuration file fails with error: The file may be corrupt
I'm trying to install my ubuntu servers with iPXE. I have created the kickstart file with system-config-kickstart, but once downloaded by the installing server, the parsing fails with the error:
The installer failed to process the preconfiguration…

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TFTP/PXE with the foreman
I'm having trouble getting PXE working with the foreman. It dl's pxelinux.0 fine, find the correct pxelinux.cfg for the mac address and then tried to download the kernel. Then we have a failure:
Could not find kernel image:…

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dnsmasq TFTP, GNU/Linux workstation, DHCP not responding
I'm attempting to get a TFTP server working, from my workstation. I've actually attempted this multiple times, never succeeded. I've setup real tftp from a router, but my home router is nothing close to a cisco. I'm forced to do this from my…

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FreeBSD Netboot over TFTP
Is there a way to boot FreeBSD over TFTP?
All the instructions I've seen require you to transition to NFS after PXEBOOT has loaded.

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Serve an NFS mount over TFTP
I have a FreeBSD server on which I would like to run a TFTP server (for PXE). My daemon of choice is tftp-hpa and I have it configured to serve from /tftpboot properly. It works unless I mount /tftpboot via NFS. Here is some more…

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How to configure TFTPD32 to ignore non PXE DHCP requests?
I want to give our Windows guy a way of easily PXE booting machines for deployment by plugging his laptop into one of our site networks. I've set up a TFTPD32 configuration which does just that, and our normal DHCP server ignores the PXE DHCP…

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What is needed to use TFTP/PXE with failover ucarp?
I have a Linux TFTP/PXE server which works.
If I setup failover on 192.168.245.1 which is where TFTP is being served, the client fails with tftp open timeout.
I am testing with
tftp 192.168.245.1
tftp> binary
tftp> get /ltsp/i386/pxelinux.0
The…

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