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- @@@STARTPACK(tftpd;tftpd - DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server)
-
- <P>
- Tftpd is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File
- Transfer Protocol. The TFTP server operates at the port
- indicated in the ``tftp'' service description; see
- services(5). The server is normally started by inetd(8).
- <P>
- The use of tftp does not require an account or password on
- the remote system. Due to the lack of authentication
- information, tftpd will allow only publicly readable files
- to be accessed. Files may be written only if they already
- exist and are publicly writable. Note that this extends
- the concept of ``public'' to include all users on all
- hosts that can be reached through the network; this may
- not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
- should be considered before enabling tftp service. The
- server should have the user ID with the lowest possible
- privilege.
- <P>
- Access to files may be restricted by invoking tftpd with a
- list of directories by including pathnames as server pro-
- gram arguments in /etc/inetd.conf. In this case access is
- restricted to files whose names are prefixed by the one of
- the given directories.
- </P>
-
- @@@UW2DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/uw7/net/)
- @@@OSR5DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/net/tftpd/)
- @@@SOURCE(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/src/net/)
- @@@ENDPACK
-
-