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Re: RTL-Poll Error and <sleep> for ever




>The last problem you described could have something to do with your 
>tftpd. Are you running a standalone tftpd or under inetd?  I have heard 
>that it is possible to confuse inetd into believing that you are 
>attempting a denial of service attack by starting too many tftps at once.
>
># in /etc/inetd.conf
>tftp    dgram   udp     wait.1024  root  /usr/sbin/tcpd in.tftpd  
>/tftpboot
>
>the ".1024" specifies the max number of instances of the tftp daemon that 
>may be spawned in a 60 second period.  You may need to increase your 
>number. The default is 40, I believe.

Indeed. Could list members who have tried alternative inetds, e.g. xinetd,
please comment if those are any better?
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