Description of problem: The tftp server and client package that RHEL distributes doesn't work with IPv6. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tftp-server-0.42-3.1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit /etc/xinet.d/tftp, change flags = IPv4 to flags = IPv6 2. use "curl -6 tftp://serverhostname/filename" to download a file via IPv6 3. try tftp client, but there is no way to specify that IPv6 should be used Expected results: We should really upgrade, patch, or switch to a server/client for TFTP that supports IPv6.
*** Bug 474706 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
=Comment: #0================================================= Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> - 1. Feature Overview: Feature Id: [201224] a. Name of Feature: Enable IPv6 support in tftp client/server b. Feature Description Add IPv6 support to tftp client and server packages. 2. Feature Details: Sponsor: LTC Architectures: x86 x86_64 ppc64 Arch Specificity: Purely Common Code Delivery Mechanism: Direct from community Category: Networking Request Type: Package - Feature from Upstream d. Upstream Acceptance: Accepted Sponsor Priority 1 f. Severity: High IBM Confidential: no Code Contribution: IBM code g. Component Version Target: tftp-hpa - Hosted at: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/ 3. Business Case tftp is one of the component that is required to enable network boot/install. IPv6 support in tftp is required for network boot/install in a IPv6 only network environment. 4. Primary contact at Red Hat: John Jarvis jjarvis 5. Primary contacts at Partner: Project Management Contact: Mike Wortman, wortman.com, 512-838-8582 Technical contact(s): Sridhar Samudrala, samudrala.com IBM Manager: Larry Kessler, lkessler.com The bug duplicates #464096 and the implementation of IPv6 is currently in F-9. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 464096 ***
The implementation is in Fedora.
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: tftp has now been rebased to version 0.49. This applies several upstream feature updates and bug fixes, including support IPv6.
------- Comment From iranna.ankad.com 2009-07-20 01:48 EDT------- As per IBM internal comments#8, #9 & #12, TFTP over IPv6 has no issues on both SystemX & ppc. Thanks!
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1274.html