Operation Manual
4
Click Enable to make sure that the server is started and included in the boot
routines. No further action from your side is required to secure this. xinetd starts
tftpd at boot time.
5
Click Open Port in Firewall to open the appropriate port in the rewall running
on your machine. If there is no rewall running on your server, this option is not
available.
6
Click Browse to browse for the boot image directory. The default directory
/tftpboot is created and selected automatically.
7
Click Finish to apply your settings and start the server.
Setting Up a TFTP Server Manually
1
Log in as root and install the packages tftp and xinetd.
2
If unavailable, create /srv/tftpboot and /srv/tftpboot/pxelinux
.cfg directories.
3
Add the appropriate les needed for the boot image as described in Section 1.3.3,
“Using PXE Boot” (page 26).
4
Modify the conguration of xinetd located under /etc/xinetd.d to make
sure that the TFTP server is started on boot:
4a
If it does not exist, create a le called tftp under this directory with touch
tftp. Then run chmod 755 tftp.
4b
Open the le tftp and add the following lines:
service tftp
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s /srv/tftpboot
disable = no
}
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