tftp added for igniteUX??

[Tim Medford]

I just built a new hpux 11.23 box on an rx3600. I know for a fact that the tftp user was not in /etc/passwd when I was done.

Now it is there magically. I have installed IgniteUX, Data Protector and a couple other trivial things. I noticed in /etc/inetd.conf the service is activated and seems to point to ignite?

From inetd.conf:

# Before uncommenting the "tftp" entry below, please make sure
# that you have a "tftp" user in /etc/passwd. If you don't
# have one, please consult the tftpd(1M) manual entry for
# information about setting up this service.

tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd\
/opt/ignite\
/var/opt/ignite

Does this make sense?

Thanks,
Tim

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Tim:

Yes, the new versions of Ignite will update '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/inetd.conf' as you noted. I recently updated several servers (11.11 & 11.23) to Ignite C.7.2.94 (June 2007) and observed what you report, too.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Patrick Wallek]

Yes, it makes perfect sense. Ignite does activate tftp. If you are going to use the server as a make_net_recovery server, then tftp is used to transfer data.

If you are NOT going to use this as a make_net_recovery server, then comment those lines out of /etc/inetd.conf and run an 'inetd -c' to deactivate tftp. You could also remove the tftp user if you wish.

Just remember that every time you upgrade Ignite/UX, you will have to do this again.

[Tim Medford]

Thanks for the quick replies.

I always use make_tape_recovery so I'm going to whack this. It's probably harmless but I just don't want any unnecessary services running.

Tim