TFTP Server atftpd fails to start

Question

I have installed atftpd on Ubuntu 12.04, but it looks like I cannot start the tftp server, and there's a problem also with the tftpd daemon. With Ubuntu 11.10 there was no problem.

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atftpd (0.7.dfsg-11) wird eingerichtet ...
unknown protocol: udp4

With rlinetd, and also as daemon, it doesn't work.
with ps -afe I see no process.

/var/log/syslog says it cannot bind to ip address.

with option --bind-adress the atftpd server starts but also doesn't work.

Answer 1

You are probably affected by bug #993101

Please confirm if you are having same problem! Eventually, you can always download the source and install by yourself..

Answer 2

I've checked out atftpd source code, and find out that working line for /etc/default/atftpd is

USE_INETD=false
OPTIONS="--tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5 --port=69 --maxthread 100 --verbose=5 /srv/tftp"

You need to specify port to fool atftpd. So now tftp server is available from all network interfaces.

Answer 3

This is how I got atftpd working in 12.04:

1. Edit /etc/default/atftpd

   a. Change inetd=true to inetd=false

   b. Removed all multicast options, added --bind-address=<my local static ip>

   c. Created /tftpboot directory (modify /etc/default/atftpd accordingly as the default directory is something else) with user nobody group nogroup

   d. Also added --logfile /var/log/atftpd.log (first touch /var/log/atftpd.log and set permissions accordingly)

   e. Set --verbose=7 to capture all messages

2. Edit /etc/rlinetd.conf and made services available only local network by specifying my interface as my local IP address.

3. Stopped started rlinetd

4. Ran invoke-rc.d atftpd start as root.

Hope this is useful.