what files is it looking for and where are they on your system. I remember futzing around for a while before i got all this right. if you give a few clues I may remember something relevant.
unfortunately I reinstalled gentoo on a new hard drive since then.... On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:03:35+1200 Chris Bayley<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, getting frustrated now.... > > Can tftp get from any machine, any user any of the files the t/c > wants, but the t/c gets 'No such file or directory'. > > grrr !! > /cb : [ > > C Falconer wrote: > > >On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 00:30, Chris Bayley wrote: > > > > > >> I am trying to run up one of these NCD explora thin clinet on my > >>fanless adventure. > >> > >> > > > >Yes - the NCD Explora is silent, the NCD Thinstar has a 80 mm fan > >which is not bad but not silent. > > > > > > > >>I can get it to boot from the nework and load it's kernel and start > >X, >but once X is started it has a zillion mesages that it can't find > >>variious modules / files under /tfptboot come flashing by. > >>The files are all where they sould be. I wonder if it is about > >>permissions on the files: they are 755. as a user I can read them, > >but >from tftp I need to be root to get them - I suspect the X-term > >has the >same problem ??? > >> > >> > > > >tftp is basically ftp without authentication. The client says "gimme > >the file" and the server says "okay SENDSENDSEND" with no concept of > >usernames or passwords. > > > > > > > >>My tfttp runs from xinetd how do I set access for the files served > >up >(i.e anonymous I guess)?? > >> > >> > > > >Here's the single line I use from /etc/inetd.conf on a debian box > > > >tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd > >/usr/sbin/in.tftpd /tftpboot/ /usr/lib/X11/ncd/ > > > >Its all one line btw. The in.tftpd part is the binary to run when a > >tftp connection is made, and the last two directories are where tftpd > >is allowed to serve files from. > > > >You can test it by using tftp from the command line of course - and > >tailing /var/log/messages daemon auth etc would possibly give more > >clues. I've never done this with redhat(tm) linux either, so adjust > >as you see fit. > > > >CCed so Chris doesn't miss it. > > > > > > > > > >
