tftp problem

[John Francis]

On 24/12/05, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 17:41 +0100, adel.essafi wrote:
> > hi list
> >
> > I have a problem with tftp server on FC4.
> >  I have installed the server as the documentation suggests.
> > after rebooting the xinetd service, I can't access the ftp
> > server. I have disabled all firewall and SELINUX.
> > here are my commands
> > [root at localhost ~]# service xinetd restart
> > Arrêt de xinetd :                                          [
> > OK  ]
> > Démarrage de xinetd :                                      [
> > OK  ]
> > [root at localhost ~]# ftp localhost
> > ftp: connect: Connection refused   (CONNECTION REFUSED)
> > ftp>
> >
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> Tftp and ftp are not the same thing.
>
> You want to install one of the ftp servers, such as vsftpd or wu-ftpd.
>
> Bob...
>
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Like Bob said, tftp and ftp are very different things.  You typically
use tftp to allow diskless clients to boot over the network.

If tftp is really what you want, I'm not sure how to test it.  There
maybe a client somewhere, perhaps google for a tftp client.


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Kind regards,

John Francis