atftp-server is needd to support imaging nodes.
The problem is that eventhough the packages are provided for debian based
systems and SusE based systems, I can't see how it can work.
Debian based: package name atftpd (distro package)
atftpd home: /srv/tftp
atftpd user: nobody
atftpd group: nogroup
startup: initscripts (/etc/init.d/atftp)
=> OSCAR assumes tftp directory is /tftpboot. I see no code to fix
/etc/default/atftpd on Debian based systems. how can it work?
SuSE based: package name attftp (distro package)
atftpd home: /srv/tftpboot
atftp user: nobody
atftp group: nogroup
startup init scripts
=> OSCAR assumes tftp directory is /tftpboot. I see no code to fix
/etc/sysconfig/atftpd os SuSE nased systems. How can it work?
rhel based system: package atftp-server (oscar package)
atftpd home: /tftpboot
atftp user: nobody
atftp group: nogroup
startup xinetd
=> This config works
fc (fedora) based systems: package atftp-server (oscar package)
atftpd home: /tftpboot (but should be /var/lib/tftpboot)
atftp user: nobody
atftp group: nogroup (does not exists on system. replaced by nobody) => does
not work
startup xinetd in compatibility mode
=> Fails to start because atftp cannot drop root group privilege to nogroup
(group does not exists).
I'll fix atftp OSCAR package for rhel and fc package (drop xinetd and conform
to other distros). Then using OS_Settings, I'll set the correct tftp home
(variable already used in OS_Settings).
By this way, we will be able to change the tftp server without modifying OSCAR
code (no need to parse a config file to point to /tftpboot instead of the
default tftp directory that is set up in the atftp package).
Any better solution I could have missed?
Regards,
Olivier.
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