Re: TFTP spawn issue

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

I think you should use user nobody.

Also turn on debugging for both tftp and inetd:
rc.conf: inetd_flags -d and tftpd -d


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:37 AM, IT geek 31 
<itgeek31%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:
> I am trying to PXE boot an OS installation media using both PXE and TFTP.
>
> I have configured DHCP, the PXE menu file and the appropriate file
> structure without issue.
>
> However, as my client boots, on the NetBSD server I receive the
> following error in /var/log/messages:
>
>          Mar 23 16:35:41 qube1 inetd[596]: tftp/udp max spawn rate
> (40 in 60 seconds) exceeded; service not started
>
> At this point it appears the TFTP daemon crashes and the OS
> installation on the client fails.
>
> I have tried changing the following line to nowait in /etc/inetd.conf,
> but after a reboot, TFTP refuses to start:
>
>          tftp            dgram   udp     wait    root
> /usr/libexec/tftpd      tftpd -l -s /tftpboot
>
> Anyone have any idea what I need to do to get it working?  I'm running
> NetBSD/cobalt 5.1.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> -Mark