tftp timeout messages vanished from syslog.log

[David S. Bell]

As of 10:30 am Tuesday all systems that were getting the tftp timeout message in the syslog have stopped receiving this message. I'm not complaining I would just like to know HOW and WHAT could have happened. Any Clues?

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Check your /etc/inetd.conf if it was commented out and /var/adm/inetd.sec to see if it has been denied. Any changes made reread inetd with this command inetd -c.

[Irine Gibilisco]

TFTP is the 'other' the FTP function. It is a program that allows file transfers to and from the remote machine by providing an interface to the Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol. There is a 'retransmission timeout' setting on both the client (tftp) and the server (tftpd). Perhaps your network got a lot cleaner, or maybe one of the hosts (and maybe the same remote host to all the machines) got its timeout value increased. In any case, the fact that you were receiving these messages to begin with was not good. If your FTP-ing is working well, than be happy that they are gone. But not getting the timeout messages may also indicate that your FTPs are not making connections in the first place. If your programs routinely FTP files back an forse at regular times, there should be a record of these connections in 'last -R' (look for the 'ftp' in the second column and the host name in the third column). You may also match up the old syslog.log with the time stamps in the timeout messages to the 'last -r' command to see which host connections were giving you problems (and thus narrow down the culprit).
Good luck, and happy Thanksgiving!