Bug#1107482: atftpd: polkit is required to run atftpd however does not get installed

Chris Hofstaedtler zeha at debian.org
Sun Jun 8 12:20:47 BST 2025


reassign -1 systemd
close -1
thanks

* E Shattow <lucent at gmail.com> [250608 10:19]:
>$ systemctl status atftpd
>○ atftpd.service - Advanced TFTP Server
>     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/atftpd.service; indirect; preset: enabled)
>     Active: inactive (dead)
>TriggeredBy: ● atftpd.socket
>       Docs: man:in.tftpd
>$ systemctl start atftpd
>Failed to execute /usr/bin/pkttyagent: No such file or directory
>Failed to start atftpd.service: Access denied
>See system logs and 'systemctl status atftpd.service' for details.
>
>So we have some missing part that is required but not a package dependency.

This is likely a result of you running these systemd commands 
without being root. If the atftpd package would work around that, it 
would be wrong.

I've reassigned this bug to systemd, and immediately closed it, as I 
expect the default package selection omitting PK to be by design.

Chris




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