Bug #2398

tftpd and tftp-proxy (inetd?) dies after WAN periodic reset

Added by Xavier Romain about 1 year ago. Updated 7 months ago.

Status:New Start date:04/26/2012
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

0%
Category:-
Target version:-
Affected version:2.0.1 Affected Architecture:

Description

When the WAN (PPPoE in my case) connection is restarted by custom periodic reset or when connection resetted by ISP, the tftpd and tftp-proxy (inetd?) services dies.

Starting manually tftpd service in "Status -> Services" doesn't work.
The only way to restart service again is by clicking on "Save" in "Services -> TFTP" properties page.

History

#1 Updated by Xavier Romain about 1 year ago

TFTP package info from config.xml :

        <package>
            <name>TFTP</name>
            <website/>
            <descr><![CDATA[Trivial File Transport Protocol is a very simple file transfer protocol. Often used with routers, voip phones and more.]]></descr>
            <category>Services</category>
            <pkginfolink/>
            <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/tftp2/tftp.xml</config_file>
            <depends_on_package_base_url>http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
            <version>2.0</version>
            <status>Stable</status>
            <required_version>2.0</required_version>
            <configurationfile>tftp.xml</configurationfile>
            <filter_rule_function>tftp_generate_rules</filter_rule_function>
        </package>
        <menu>
            <name>TFTP</name>
            <tooltiptext>Add or Remove files for TFTP.</tooltiptext>
            <section>Services</section>
            <configfile>tftp.xml</configfile>
            <url>tftp_files.php</url>
        </menu>
        <tab>
            <text>Files</text>
            <url>tftp_files.php</url>
        </tab>
        <service>
            <name>tftp</name>
            <executable>inetd</executable>
            <description><![CDATA[Trivial File Transport Protocol is a very simple file transfer protocol. Often used with routers, voip phones and more.]]></description>
        </service>
        <tftpd>
            <config>
                <tftpdinterface>lan</tftpdinterface>
            </config>
        </tftpd>

#2 Updated by Xavier Romain about 1 year ago

Anyone can confirm this issue ?

#3 Updated by Mark Blackman 11 months ago

I've not spotted the trigger condition, but I can confirm I'm seeing the same condition
with '2.1-DEVELOPMENT (amd64) built on Sun May 13 02:42:10 EDT 2012'

I have to save the config to restart it, even a reboot didn't help.

#4 Updated by Xavier Romain 7 months ago

I've found a workaround long time ago but I forgot to mention here.

- installed Cron package
- added line : "/usr/sbin/inetd -wW -R 0 -a 127.0.0.1 /var/etc/inetd.conf" 1 minute after resetting WAN connection.

This workaround reload tftpd and everything works fine since 6 months.

I've not already tested this issue with pfSense 2.1

#5 Updated by Jim P 7 months ago

In /etc/inc/filter.inc around like 1858, try changing the place where it does a kill -HUP on inetd with two commands that kill it with KILL and then restarts it.

It may be that HUP isn't enough to make inetd reattach in your case.

Also available in: Atom PDF