Pete, I have the permissions set correctly..: drwxrwxrwx 2 nobody nobody 4096 Nov 11 08:35 Backup I hope that helps. Thanks! Mike -----Original Message----- From: Pete Nesbitt [mailto:pete@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:24 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: TFTP Server On November 15, 2003 01:08 pm, Mike Koponick wrote: > Hello all! > > I have been trying to use the TFTP server on RH9. I'm receiving an error > via syslog that looks like: > > Nov 14 14:58:15 console in.tftpd[20802]: cannot set groups for user > nobody > > Here's my config: > > Package: > [root@console root]# rpm -q tftp-server > tftp-server-0.32-4 > > /etc/passwd: > nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin > > /etc/group: > nobody:x:99: > > As you can see, it appears that my group is correct as my passwd file. > I'm running in.tftpd from xinetd. > > Here is that config: > > service tftp > { > socket_type = dgram > protocol = udp > wait = yes > user = nobody > server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd > server_args = -s -c /var/tftp/Backup > disable = no > per_source = 11 > cps = 100 2 > flags = IPv4 > } > > Thanks in advance for your input. > > Mike Hi, just a hunch, but what are the permissions on /var/tftp/Backup Is nobody trying to write to that area? -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list