[syslinux] Hacked TFTP servers ;-)

[Kevin Landreth]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> wrote:
> Op 20100113 om 11:38 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
>> On 01/13/2010 08:42 AM, Moody Ahmad wrote:
>> > > Previous subject:
>> > > How to run server side script from boot menu selection ?
>> >
>> > Is this possible? I have looked through the pxelinux and syslinux
>> > documentation on the menu options and haven't seen a way to execute
>> > a server side script. The script needs a few variable like the mac
>> > address and assigned dhcp ip address for the client. I would like
>> > to do the script in bash or perl.
>> >
>>
>> Well, normally you wouldn't find documentation how to execute a
>> *server*-side script in the *client* documentation, now would you...
>>
>> The answer is that you need a server that supports scripting.  Few TFTP
>> servers do, but most HTTP servers do.  This isn't inherent to the
>> protocols, but is more of an accident of history (at least until Apache
>> grows TFTP support, which it probably will at some point.)  So if you
>> can use gpxelinux.0, then you can use an http server.  Otherwise, there
>> are a few hacked TFTP servers around.
>
> Where to find such modified TFTP server?
>
> Feeding 'hacked tftp server http' to search engines
> did return way too much noise.
>
>
> Geert Stappers
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Found this:
http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2007-March/008238.html

Don't know if that helps you any.
-- 
Kevin Landreth