DISCLAIMER: I know nothing about thinclients. :)
Dallas and Craig,
Thank you both for your ideas. So far we haven't succeeded yet but tenacity
always wins out.
(first Dallas)
>DISCLAIMER: I know nothing about thinclients. :)
You probably know more than I do!!! 8-)
>First idea - as root do a /sbin/iptables -F to flush the firewall >rules,
Did that, no change.
Went into WebMin and still saw some "FireWall" rules, both accept and
reject. Erased all of those and flagged the FireWall to not start on boot.
>The /etc/hosts.allow you show - is that from the server or the client? >If
>it is the server, it needs to allow 192.168.100.151 as well.
Wasn't sure of the line to allow 192.168.100.151 (client) so I took
everything out of /etc/hosts.allow except:
ALL : ALL
Not sure about upper case or lower case but left it in upper case.
>You should also have a /etc/xinet.d/tftp file. Edit that and make >sure
that
>disable = no. If it doesn't, change it and restart xinetd.
Actually, I had already found this and changed it but it is OK to remind me
lest we overlook something which is best not overlooked.
>Your files should be in the /tftpboot directory. Looking at your >example
>below, they should be in /tftpboot/lts.
It is. I also created a directory /lts/ and copied the file there just
incase.
>That is it for my ideas. If the above doesn't work, look through
>/var/log/messages and /var/log/secure for entries relating to tftpd >and
post those.
/var/log/messages =
Dec 20 15:54:09 nowhere dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:04:5a:82:b6:5d via eth0
Dec 20 15:54:09 nowhere dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.100.151 via eth0
Dec 20 15:54:09 nowhere dhcpd: DHCPREQUETS for 192.160.100.151
(192.168.100.66) from 00:04:5a:82:b6:5d via eth0
Dec 20 15:54:09 nowhere dhcpd: DHCPPACK on 192.168.100.151 to
00:04:5a:82:b6:5d via eth0
These 4 lines repeat about every 4 seconds (till I kill the client) which is
the cycle time for the Client to retry.
Notice, in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file the mac address is in all upper case.
But it seems to work.
/var/log/security =
Dec 20 15:54:09 nowhere xinetd[621]: START: tftp pid=902
from=192.168.100.151
This line also repeats at the same time periods as does /var/log/message but
with a different pid.
/var/log/secure
Craig
>for setup purposes...firewall rules & tcp-wrappers should probably be
>removed from contention...
>service iptables stop
Did a "service iptables stop" and got 3 green "OK"s. Repeted "service
iptables stop" (just curious) and got the same 3 green "OK"s. Go figure.
>/etc/hosts.allow
>all: all
> (you weren't allowing the workstation to connect)
Did this sort-of (upper case) see above.
>//etc/hosts.deny should all be commented out
Did this. /etc/hosts.deny is one empty puppy (# to every line except blank)
>if you aren't going to use dns...is /etc/nsswitch.conf gonna allow that?
>hosts: files nisplus dns
Good thought, that line now reads "#hosts: files nisplus dns" (no
quotes)
Rebooted the server to be safe.
Issued "service iptables stop" and got the 3 green "OK"s.
Rebooted the client. Same messages.
One more thing I hate to mention but should. I have come to understand that
RH8 brings tftp with it. I didn't know that and didn't see it. Therefore,
I downloaded a internet copy and installed (I think) it with tar. I am
wondering if that haste may have done bad things. I am tempted to reformat
the HD and reinstall knowing what I know now. Got no problem with that.
What do you thing???
Thanks again
George
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