[Dnsmasq-discuss] TFTP storage issue prevents other dnsmasq services (DHCP/DNS) to run
Geert Stappers
stappers at stappers.nl
Thu Mar 26 11:14:33 GMT 2020
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 09:15:09AM +0000, Ercolino De Spiacico wrote:
> It seems like enabling TFTP like:
>
> enable-tftp
> tftp-root=/mnt/usb/TFTP
tftp-no-fail
> dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0,,192.168.0.1
>
> But experiencing an system storage issue (usb failure, unable to mount,
> etc) takes the full dnsmasq down e.g. prevent from running at all
>
> Can I suggest for dnmasq to take a softer approach when this happens
> and just skip the TFTP process execution rather than affect all the
> other internal services like DHCP and DNS?
>
> More than else it's that "external factor" that sucks in this situation.
Yes, hence the option `tftp-no-fail`
Quoting the manual page
--tftp-no-fail
Do not abort startup if specified tftp root
directories are in‐accessible.
> Thanks
No problem. Feel welcome to also report that `tftp-no-fail` does what
you expect from it.
Regards
Geert Stappers
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