[casper] NFS setup: TFTP permissions problem

2014-12-03 Thread Michael D'Cruze
Dear all, The problem seems to be specific to Red Hat... I'm seeing a lot of forum posts complaining about dnsmasq being started as root then immediately dropping down to 'nobody' privileges, which is why it can't access /srv/roach_boot/boot. I'm speaking with a red hat engineer who is quite

Re: [casper] NFS setup: TFTP permissions problem

2014-12-03 Thread Andrea Mattana
Hi, I got troubles when trying to setup the NFS server on CentOS and finally I decided to switch to UBUNTU. I have reported all failures in this wiki page if this can help. http://wiki.med.ira.inaf.it/nfs:nfs Cheers, Andrea 2014-12-03 16:44 GMT+01:00 Michael D'Cruze

Re: [casper] NFS setup: TFTP permissions problem

2014-12-03 Thread John Ford
Also, make sure that if /srv/... is nfs mounted you take care of the rootsquashing... Hi, I got troubles when trying to setup the NFS server on CentOS and finally I decided to switch to UBUNTU. I have reported all failures in this wiki page if this can help.

[casper] NFS setup: TFTP permissions problem

2014-12-02 Thread Michael D'Cruze
Hi everyone I'm following the NFS setup guide, and have come across a problem with the /srv/roach_boot/boot directory permissions. I restart the dnsmasq service and receive the following error: Starting dnsmasq: dnsmasq: TFTP directory /srv/roach_boot/boot inaccessible: Permission denied

Re: [casper] NFS setup: TFTP permissions problem

2014-12-02 Thread Jack Hickish
Hi Michael, Do you have SELinux running? I've just checked and I get a similar permissions error if I reactivate SELinux on my Centos 6 server. On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 14:07:45 Michael D'Cruze michael.dcr...@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk wrote: Hi everyone I'm following the NFS setup guide,

Re: [casper] NFS setup: TFTP permissions problem

2014-12-02 Thread David MacMahon
Hi, Michael, In addition to the other suggestions, you should check whether you are running dnsmasq in tftp-secure more. That might impose ownership and/or permission restrictions. See man dnsmasq for more details. Dave On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Michael D'Cruze wrote: Hi everyone I'm