[syslinux] tftp error

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Feb 24 16:07:44 PST 2003


richard turner wrote:
> problem resolved. i needed the libnss* files
> 
> On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 15:25, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>>richard turner wrote:
>>
>>>i did not have a /etc/nsswitch.conf file on my root fs. i copied one
>>>over from another machine and tried my tftp client again. it still fails
>>>with the same error:
>>>tftp: tftp/udp: unknown service, faking it...
>>>

By the way, note that the error is harmless, unless you're trying to put
tftp on a nonstandard port.  I'm almost considering removing the code
completely.

	-hpa





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