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TFTP use in PureData Systems for Analytics

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Question

Does TFTPD only listen on the PureData Systems private network? What directories does tftpd share? Is there a way to programmatically tell if TFTP is a Pure Data for Analytics host vs a regular host running RHEL?

Answer

Below is the default TFTP settings in the host, it has access to the / folder but only from the internal network 10.0.0.0/16, which it is the default internal network (bond0) if customer has config IP, you will see a different subnet.

[root@p25-3e-d ~]# cat /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
# default: off
# description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file transfer \
#       protocol.  The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \
#       workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, \
#       and to start the installation process for some operating systems.
service tftp
{
        socket_type             = dgram
        protocol                = udp
        wait                    = yes
        user                    = root
        server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
        server_args             = -c -s /
        nice                    = -10
        only_from               = 10.0.0.0/16
        disable                 = no
        log_type                = SYSLOG daemon
        log_on_success          = HOST DURATION
        log_on_failure          = HOST
}

There is no major visible difference between a Pure Data Analytics host RHEL and any other SystemX host with the same OS, .

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Modified date:
17 October 2019

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