phoffman@proper.com (Paul Hoffman) writes:
> Attempts to start tftpd with the command line '/var/libexec/tftpd -l' are 
> unsuccessful. /var/log/daemon says:
> 
> Apr  8 19:16:37 scruz tftpd[19002]: recvfrom: Socket operation on non-socket
> 
> tftp is listed in /etc/services:
> 
> tftp            69/udp          # Trivial File Transfer Protocol
> 
> Any thoughts?

It sounds like it is operating as expected.  You started tftpd with a
stdin that was your tty.  It tried to do a recvfrom() on fd 0 and got
the expected error from recvfrom().

You need to edit your services file and put tftpd in there, SIGHUP
inetd and then you can use tftp.  

-wolfgang
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