Sorry for the resubmit, but I never saw this hit the list.... -----Original Message----- From: Jason Murray [mailto:jmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:52 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: tftp question Hi all, I've had to set up a TFTP server on my RedHat 9 (fully updated) machine. I got the server installed and running, but it was not answering any TFTP requests. I ran a packet sniffer, and found that the requests were arriving, but being ignored by the server. Finally, while checking the logs, I found this message in /var/log/messages: in.tftpd[2225]: cannot set groups for user nobody So, I ran 'tail -f messages' on the server and made another TFTP request to the server and BINGO! the message "cannot set groups for user nobody" appeared again. Now, I know that (by default) in.tftpd runs as the user nobody. I also know how to change this in the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file; my current work-around is to have in.tftpd run as root Knowing that you security types (me being one of them) just gasped in dismay, this brings me to my questions: 1. Why am I getting the above error message? 2. What is the best way to correct it? I have also read that one should create a low-privilege user to run tftp as (like tftpnobody for instance). It looks like the easy way would be for me to add a line to my /etc/passwd file; I know this worked in the past before the days of shadow passwords, but I don't know if it still work now... Best Regards, Jason Murray Senior Design Engineer Promptus Communications, Inc -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
