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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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