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        !            20: .TH TFTPD 8 "June 24, 1990"
        !            21: .UC 5
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: tftpd \- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .B tftpd
        !            26: [ directory ... ]
        !            27: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            28: .I Tftpd
        !            29: is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer
        !            30: Protocol.
        !            31: The TFTP server operates
        !            32: at the port indicated in the ``tftp'' service description;
        !            33: see
        !            34: .IR services (5).
        !            35: The server is normally started by
        !            36: .IR inetd (8).
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: The use of
        !            39: .I tftp
        !            40: does not require an account or password on the remote system.
        !            41: Due to the lack of authentication information, 
        !            42: .I tftpd
        !            43: will allow only publicly readable files to be
        !            44: accessed.
        !            45: Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
        !            46: Note that this extends the concept of ``public'' to include
        !            47: all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network;
        !            48: this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
        !            49: should be considered before enabling tftp service.
        !            50: The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege.
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: Access to files may be restricted by invoking
        !            53: .I tftpd
        !            54: with a list of directories by including pathnames
        !            55: as server program arguments in
        !            56: .IR /etc/inetd.conf .
        !            57: In this case access is restricted to files whose
        !            58: names are prefixed by the one of the given directories.
        !            59: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            60: tftp(1), inetd(8)

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