[ale] tftp

[Alfred Grahame Leach]

Hey everybody,

I'm trying to use tftp to store router images on an internal network.  
I've found that the only way I can write to the tftp server is if the 
file which I am writing already exists on the server and is writable - 
this means you have to create the file on the server before you copy it 
ther (by using touch and chmod 666).  I've tried to find out why this is, 
but I can't find any useful man pages...  Any ideas?

I'm using RedHat3.0.3 with 1.2.13 kernel (stock).  I've enabled tftp in 
/etc/inetd.conf (or else it wouldn't work at all I suspect).  I do have 
tcp wrappers running as this is the default in my version of Linux.

TIA

- Al

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