Questions tagged [tftp]
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Strange UDP/TFTP Problem
My TFTP client only seems to be getting responses from the TFTP server to its RRQ (download requests) if I watch the traffic in wireshark.
If I shut down wireshark (running on the TFTP server), the server does not respond to the RRQs from the…

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LTSP - TFTP, PXE and pxelinux.0 issue
After my ltsp-build-client --arch i386
All went well, but for some reasons tftpd-hpa wasn't installed there were no /var/lib/tftpboot folder.
So I had to install tftpd-hpa manually. DHCP is working well but it can't find pxelinux.0 file
(it just…

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How to chroot the tftp service
I have tftp installed on Ubuntu 10.04 with the below /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file.
I can connect to the tftp server using
tftp 10.1.1.54
get pxelinux.0
and it retreaves the file with no issue. When I try:
get /pxelinux.0
I get a
Error Code 2:…

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Can't get a tftp server working on Ubuntu 22.04
I had tftpf-hpa working on my Ubuntu server to send/receive images and configs from my Cisco devices.
Today it is not working. The service won't start, even if I try it manually. It does not tell me why it won't start. If I run the…

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Debian netboot via PXE required files
I'm trying to perform a netboot to install Debian on a spare PC I have. I'm using a Windows XP Pro box as the "server". It has a TFTP/DHCP server set up and running on it, but the information on which specific files to put into the root folder of…

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Using a compressed initrd when pxe booting
I'm using netboot/pxeboot with grub.
menuentry "Install Ubuntu 20.04" {
set gfxpayload=keep
echo 'Loading vmlinuz ...'
linux /tftp/vmlinuz ip=dhcp netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.0.0.20:/data/netboot/nfs/ubuntu2004/ boot=casper toram noquiet…

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Can I determine if the SolarWinds TFTP server dated April 2019 is compromised?
SolarWinds has been in the news due to the hack of their servers.
It is unclear how far back the compromise goes.
The only product I have used from them is their free TFTP server.
Has the "fingerprint" of the compromise been documented to allow…

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Can't connect to TFTP docker container
Im trying to set up a TFTP server in docker as a first step of setting up PXE booting, but I can't connect to it.
I start the container using the command docker run --name tftp -p 0.0.0.0:69:69/udp -v /var/tftpboot/:/var/tftpboot -d local-tftp.
From…

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EFI pxe network boot error
Asking this on both serverfault and superuser.
When attempting to network boot RHEL 5.4 on an old ia64 machine I get the following error :
So I've basically followed the tutorial here :…

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PXE booting times out in tftp
I'm trying to make some (temporary) use of an old machine. It has no disks of its own, but has a boot-capable network interface (Intel's LANDesk 0.99b).
I got it to obtain the IP-address and other options (including the TFTP-server) via…

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cisco license install tftp no response from tftp server
I am trying to install a license through tftp in the CLI of a Cisco 2504 controller. My computer is a Mac Pro running Mojave version 10.14.6.
I have enable the tftp server on my mac. When I do netstat -na |grep \*.69 I see the following:
udp4 …

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Unable to NAT TFTP traffic because iptables is not forwarding the return connection to the client despite TFTP helper creating an expectation
The Problem
I have a TFTP server (Machine 'S') and a TFTP client (Machine 'C') on different subnets. They are connected via a router( Machine 'R'). All 3 machines are Debian 9/Stretch. The router is running iptables and is set to masquerade…

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TFTP Server for multiple vlans
I have a linux dhcp/tftp server with multiple vlans serving a CMTS. The gist of it is in the CMTS, I tell the cable modems on what vlan I want them to get their address and configuration file from. The tftp server address is 192.168.130.2 and the…
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Windows - multiple concurrent unattended installations
Distribution Server and Software:
Debian 8
TFTP Server
SAMBA Server
DHCP Server
Right now we use following way for windows (2012) distribution to our servers:
installation task inkomming
edit dhcp server (new server)
auto create wim boot image…

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How To Install A TFTP Server On Centos 4.8
I KNOW I'm missing something simple here. I'm trying to install/run a TFTP server on my centos 4.8 server. I've done the following:
1) Authenticated to the shell as root.
2) Installed tftp-server: yum install tftp-server (xinetd is already…

Mike B
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