accepting files viatftp

[stan]

I need to change out a couple of old switches. The only way to save the
configuration files for these units is to have them tftp the file to a tftp
server. I am trying to use a 9.04 machine for this.

I have installed the tftpd package. I am running xinetd, but I am running
it in inetd compatibilty mode, so the default line in /etc/inetd.conf
should sufice, i think. Reading the man page for tftpd it states that the
only way you can write a file is if a file by the same name exists, and is
writable by the world.

If Iunderstand the default Ubuntu configuration, the home directory for
tftpd should be /srv/tftp. I have created the following file thre:

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2009-09-08 12:53 todo

Yet, when I try to put this file, using tftp as a test, I get the following
results:

tftp> trace
Packet tracing on.
tftp> put todo
sent WRQ <file=todo, mode=netascii>
received ACK <block=0>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
received ACK <block=0>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
received ACK <block=0>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
sent DATA <block=1, 155 bytes>
Transfer timed out.

Anyone see what I am doing wrong?

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