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[unix-history] / usr / man / man8 / tftpd.8c

diff --git a/usr/man/man8/tftpd.8c b/usr/man/man8/tftpd.8c
index 7ee9b18..fb69bb3 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/man/man8/tftpd.8c
+++ b/usr/man/man8/tftpd.8c
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
-.TH TFTPD 8C "4 March 1983"
-.UC 4
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
+.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
+.\"
+.\"    @(#)tftpd.8c    6.2 (Berkeley) 5/26/86
+.\"
+.TH TFTPD 8C "May 26, 1986"
+.UC 5

 .SH NAME
 tftpd \- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B /etc/tftpd
 .SH NAME
 tftpd \- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B /etc/tftpd

-[
-.B \-d
-] [
-.I port
-]

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Tftpd
 is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Tftpd
 is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer

-Protocol.  The TFTP server operates
+Protocol.
+The TFTP server operates

 at the port indicated in the ``tftp'' service description;
 see
 .IR services (5).
 at the port indicated in the ``tftp'' service description;
 see
 .IR services (5).

-This port number may be overridden (for debugging purposes)
-by specifying a port number on the command line.  If the
-.B \-d
-option is specified, each socket created by
-.I tftpd
-will have debugging enabled (see SO_DEBUG in
-.IR socket (2)).
+The server is normally started by
+.IR inetd (8).

 .PP
 The use of
 .I tftp
 .PP
 The use of
 .I tftp


@@ -31,19 +28,11 @@ Due to the lack of authentication information,
 .I tftpd
 will allow only publicly readable files to be
 accessed.
 .I 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.
 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.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-tftp(1C)
-.SH BUGS
-This server is known only to be self consistent
-(i.e. it operates with the user TFTP program,
-.IR tftp (1C)).
-Due to the unreliability of the transport protocol
-(UDP) and the scarcity of TFTP implementations,
-it is uncertain whether it really works.
-.PP
-The search permissions of the directories leading to the files accessed
-are not checked.
+tftp(1C), inetd(8)