tfpd/in.tftpd problem

[Wink Saville]

max wrote:
> Wink Saville wrote:
>> Wink Saville wrote:
>>> Yesterday I installed rawhide and installed tftpd.
>>> When anther computer tries to access a file in /tftpboot
>>> my computer returns a packet that wireshark interprets as:
>>>
>>> "Destination unreachable (Host administratively prohibited)"
>>>   
>> <snip>
>>
>> To possibly help others. It is now working, I did
>> two things, using Applications -> System Tools ->
>> SELinux Management I disabled SELinux instead of using
>> permissive mode.
>>
>> Second, using System -> Administration -> Firewall
>> I added port 69, both udp and tcp to the "Other Ports".
>> Then external tftp reqeusts for a file worked.
>>
>> Wink Saville
>>
> You should get it working with SELinux enabled.
>
> Max
>
I've turned on SELinux and all is well so, as Alan Cox said, it
appears the problem I was having was with the Firewall.

Is there a gentle introduction to SELinux?

Wink