Re: TFTP Server

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> 
> 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
> 
> 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
> }
> 

You must have xinetd exec tftpd as root. By default tftpd will drop privs by itself
to user nobody.

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Matthew Galgoci
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