[syslinux] tftpd-hpa does not fork

H. Peter Anvin
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:03:25 -0000

Christian Hoefer wrote:
> hi,
>
> i try to get this tsize capable tftpd running,
> but it doesn't fork. (as read the strace output
> and the process table)
>
> strace:
>
> 9122  execve("/usr/sbin/in.tftpd",
["/usr/sbin/in.tftpd", "-u",
> "nobody", "-s", "/var/tftpboot/"], [/* 35
vars */]) = 0

Did you run it this way from the commant line?  If so, then no
surprise... you didn't specify -l so it thinks it's being run from
inetd.

	-hpa