TFTP service stops

[stickbit]

I am using DHCP and TFTP to remote boot network pc.
My TFTP service keeps dying after awhile (after one or 2 pc's go up. Any idea why it would do so? I can alway restart inet manually or by cron but I would prefer to have a fix for this since it is not supposed to die.

 

[marsd]

Which tftp server are you using?

 

[Morsing]

What's in the log?? CAn you turn on debugging?? (-d)

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration

 

[stickbit]

I am using Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1. standard TFTP.

 

[stickbit]

I'll check the log on Monday when i'll be back at the office.
By memory, I saw a lot of request not filled. Then i simply issued a /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet reload and it did the trick.

 

[stickbit]

By memory, the tftp process is active and the inet reload refreshes it... weird

 

[marsd]

You are running tftpd through inetd correct?
What does you inetd line look like, are you using tcpwrappers?

Are you using the -n option so negative acks are ignored,
the man pages mentions a bcast condition that can occur when this flag is not used with some diskless clients.

You can turn on verbose logging with the -l option.

Good Luck