[ale] TFTP in ubuntu-9.04 -- a well-worn path

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Sat Jun 5 09:08:38 EDT 2010


John,

In Fedora-land there's a log file /var/log/yum that tracks when and what on
updates. I'm sure Ubuntu has a similar log (I would be shocked if it
didn't).


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> Jim -
>
> Thanks for the note.
>
> I did try the new setup with the firewall disabled using the 'Firestarter'
> app, but the question is a good one. To broaden it a bit:
>
> Is there a way to check which packages and files were updated since a
> particular date, and their state before the update?
>
> This problem should represent the easiest case since we're only
> considering the most recent update, but I don't know if the information is
> kept.
>
> I would have expected TFTP setup to be straightforward and robust, but it
> seems a bit touchy in this setup.
>
> Thanks.
>  - Mills
>
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> > did iptables rules get an update?
>
> > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:32 PM, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net>
> wrote:
>
> >> ... I accepted a set up updates without really thinking about it, which
> >> ultimately invoked a reboot which I duly approved.
>
> >> I can no longer get 'tftp' service from my system, neither locally nor
> to
> >> outside clients, with or without the firewall running.
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