TFTP timeout messages in syslog

[Scott McCort]

I continually receive "tftpd[#]: Timeout (no requests in 10 minutes)" in my syslog.
I have turned on inetd logging and do not see anything trying to connect. What is causing this message to fill up my logs?
HP-UX 10.20

[Ken Hubnik_2]

What options/values are one your entry in /etc/inetd.conf for tftp ??

[Scott McCort]

Additional detail
/etc/inetd.conf file contains
tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd /opt/ignite /var/opt/ignite

/etc/services contains
tftp 69/udp # Trivial File Transfer Protocol

[Rainer von Bongartz]

The behaviour is by design.

tftpd is started from inetd whenever a tftp request is received.

After finishing the tftp request tftpd stays idle for 10 minutes
and then dies with the above message.


Regards
Rainer

[Scott McCort]

1) To the best of my knowledge there are no people processes using tftp to access the server.
2) The error messages occur every 10 minutes and 48 seconds, exactly.
3) This is ocurring on three different servers.
Because of the items mentioned above, I don't believe it is and external application/user. It is something within the systems, but what?

[Rainer von Bongartz]

Scott,


If you don't use tftp (and it looks it was configured for ignite) then simply comment out the line

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

and let inetd re-read the new configuration

inetd -c

this way you'll get rid of this tftpd messages.


Regards
Rainer

[Steffi Jones_1]

Hello,

here is some more information:

From tfptd.c

#define TFTPD_TIMEOUT 10 /* tftpd quits after 10 minutes of no new requests */

You can see from the code it's an informative message.

Take care, Steffi

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

Eventhough you are not using tftp services, there might be other programs which will be using this. For eg: when you install Ignite/UX, it will install this services on the system. A better explanation can be found from this document -TKB #KBRC00001569:

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063236121