tftp/udp: Unknown service

[arun khatwani]

i have seens errors in syslog , wat it means

Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: Rereading configuration
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: tftp/udp: Unknown service
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: Thru with configuration
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: Configuration complete
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: Rereading configuration
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: tftp/udp: Unknown service
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: Thru with configuration
Aug 26 13:09:28 nlxsl183 inetd[2968]: Configuration complete

[Torsten.]

Are there related entries in

/etc/inetd.conf
/etc/services

please check.

[Steven Schweda]

Is there an active entry for "tftp" in
"/etc/services"?

[Laurent Menase]

nsswitch.conf for services is defining a source which doesn't contain a tftp/udp entry
or /etc/services doesn't contain
tftp 69/udp # Trivial File Transfer Protocol


inetd is trying to start tftpd service which is not defined in the services table pointed by nsswith.conf

the consequence is that no tftp to the system will work - or if it is an ignite server, system which are backup on that system won't start with ignite-



if you need tftp service, then you need to add it to /etc/services, and check that files is well defined as a source for services: in nsswitch.conf
--- or you need to have it defined on the other possible sources like nis, ldap ....


or if you don't need tftp service you can comment it in /etc/inetd.conf