Craig, You are right that tftpd, by default, do not create file and the user invoke tftp copy have to creat the file before the copy. However, tftpd has an option (-c) to create file. As I said "depends on how the tftpd setup...". Hope this will be clear.
Min > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [jffnms-users] still having tftp problems > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 10:03:42AM -0400, Min Qiu wrote: > > Depends on how the tftpd setup in the system. Set it up > > As nobody is not unusual. > > No, thats actually incorrect. > Yes, tftpd generally runs as nobody. > Yes, tftpd can run as nobody when using it with JFFNMS > > However if you do not give whatever user you run the JFFNMS cron-jobs > write permission to that directory then the cron job cannot make the > temporary file and the TFTP transfer will fail. > > The tftp daemon needs to "see" the specified file in the directory > that is globally writeable, or at least writeable to the nobody user. > If that file is not there, then the tftpd refuses the transfer. > > There's two sets of permissions involved, the first being what tftpd > runs as, which is usually nobody. The second is what JFFNMS runs as. > The directory needs to be accessible to both. > > - Craig > -- > Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C > E5AC 12CA DFA5 > Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ MIEE > Debian developer > csmall at : enc.com.au ieee.org > debian.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > jffnms-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jffnms-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ jffnms-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jffnms-users
