Re: [SLUG] tftp service was deactivated because of looping

[Matt Hyne <mhyne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, this is what seems to die, god knows why ?

18238 socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)   = 13
18238 connect(13, {sin_family=AF_UNIX, 
path="
                               /var/run/.nscd_socket"}, 110) = -1 
ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused)
18238 close(13)                         = 0

At Monday, 09-12-02 17:27 (+0000), Chris Samuel wrote:
> > Guys, I am trying to use the tftp-server to load images onto a router, but
> > whenever I access the tftpboot machine, tftp dies with the following error
> > in the /var/log/messages file.
> >
> > tftp service was deactivated because of looping
>
> OK, this is a message from inetd telling you that it keeps starting the
> service up and it keeps dieing for some reason. If inetd needs to restart a
> service over a certain number of times in a certain period (normally 1
> minute) then it stops it assuming it's broken.
>
> You should check:
> 1) Are the arguments and path to tftpd correct ?
> 2) Why is tftpd dieing ?
>
> You could probably do both by using strace.
>
> strace -f -p <inetd pid> -o trace.txt
>
> That should log the system calls of inetd to a file and also trace any
> children forked. You can then try the tftp from the router and see what
> blows up.
>
> good luck!
> Chris