Installation

First get the latest stable source of the package from:

• ​ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/pxeconfig.tar.gz

Then unpack the package. There are 2 methods to build the package:

• Debian package
• Manual installation

Debian package

How to build a debian package:

• debian/rules binary
• dpkg -i <packagename>

The debian package determines if inetd or xinetd configuration must be used.

Manual installation

How to install the package:

• ./configure
• make install

How to configure the daemon (pxeconfigd)

To activate the pxeconfigd daemon utility on other platforms use this procedure:

• edit '/etc/services', eg:

        pxeconfigd      6611/tcp                       # pxe config daemon
  

• Install the server, the server can ONLY be started from inetd or xinetd:

      a) inetd.conf
        - edit '/etc/inetd.conf', eg:
          pxeconfigd stream  tcp nowait  root.sys /usr/sbin/tcpd \
            /usr/local/sbin/pxeconfigd
  
        - /etc/init.d/inetd reload
  
      b) xinetd
        - cp examples/pxeconfigd.xinetd /etc/xinetd.d/pxeconfigd
        - /etc/init.d/xinetd reload
  

Test the setup

You can test it by:

• telnet localhost pxeconfigd (or port number)

       output:
         Trying 127.0.0.1...
         Connected to localhost.
         Escape character is '^]'.
         ip = 127.0.0.1, hex = 7F000001
         file = /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/7F000001
         Connection closed by foreign host.
  

In syslog a line will be added if the removal is succesful:

      Feb 20 09:32:40 test pxeconfigd: /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/7F000001

Note

As you can see '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/' is the default directory. If you placed the config files somewhere else you can add the -d,--directory option, eg:

       pxeconfigd stream  tcp nowait  root.sys /usr/sbin/tcpd \
        /usr/local/sbin/pxeconfigd -d /<some>/<other>/<place>