Bring TFTP Package Back [ 50$ ]

Zedful · Sep 13, 2016, 1:05 PM

Hello
I'm here with my 50$
for bringing TFTP server package back which is removed in 2.3.

TFTP - no package maintainer, not converted

jimp · Sep 19, 2016, 4:01 PM

In addition to it not having a maintainer, we switched from inetd to xinetd and the TFTP daemon did not work with xinetd. I am not sure if this has been corrected yet, but if it has, it may be possible to bring it back eventually.

doktornotor · Dec 5, 2016, 11:06 PM

Done by seidler2547 @ https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/167

johnpoz · Dec 7, 2016, 5:23 PM

"we switched from inetd to xinetd and the TFTP daemon did not work with xinetd"

Then why is there a freaking entry in the conf for it.. How can we remove this - it just spams the logs.

[2.3.2-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local.lan]/: cat /var/etc/xinetd.conf
service 6969-udp
{
type = unlisted
bind = 127.0.0.1
port = 6969
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/libexec/tftp-proxy
server_args = -v
}

[2.3.2-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local.lan]/:

jimp · Dec 7, 2016, 5:27 PM

That's tftp-proxy, not tftpd. And that does work.

johnpoz · Dec 7, 2016, 5:41 PM

Oh my bad then.. Just saw ports 6969 and tftp, didn't catch the -proxy part ;)

Since I do not use this, will never use it in this environment - how can I remove this so it doesn't come back and keep spamming the logs..

Dec 7 08:05:39 xinetd 50417 Reconfigured: new=0 old=1 dropped=0 (services)
Dec 7 08:05:39 xinetd 50417 readjusting service 6969-udp
Dec 7 08:05:39 xinetd 50417 Swapping defaults
Dec 7 08:05:39 xinetd 50417 Starting reconfiguration

I do not have the the proxy enabled. So why would this entry be in there? If I remove it it just comes back.

jimp · Dec 7, 2016, 6:03 PM

That would be a question for a new thread in a different board

doktornotor · Dec 8, 2016, 8:14 AM

@johnpoz:

I do not have the the proxy enabled. So why would this entry be in there? If I remove it it just comes back.

You should be able to set up a separate syslog facility for the xinetd with location optimized to /dev/null with a small patch to system_syslogd_start(). Frankly, I'm tempted to submit this as a PR – because the system log now mostly consists of the competely useless xinetd noise.

https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6308

seidler2547 · Jun 19, 2017, 9:38 AM

@doktornotor:

Done by seidler2547 @ https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/167

Right, that's me :)

Glad to help.

Stefan

Zedful · Jun 28, 2017, 10:31 AM

O o
Thank You !
a PM is sent.
This can be moved to "Completed Bounties".