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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)tftpd.8c    6.2 (Berkeley) 5/26/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH TFTPD 8C "May 26, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: tftpd \- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/tftpd
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Tftpd
        !            15: is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer
        !            16: Protocol.
        !            17: The TFTP server operates
        !            18: at the port indicated in the ``tftp'' service description;
        !            19: see
        !            20: .IR services (5).
        !            21: The server is normally started by
        !            22: .IR inetd (8).
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: The use of
        !            25: .I tftp
        !            26: does not require an account or password on the remote system.
        !            27: Due to the lack of authentication information, 
        !            28: .I tftpd
        !            29: will allow only publicly readable files to be
        !            30: accessed.
        !            31: Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
        !            32: Note that this extends the concept of ``public'' to include
        !            33: all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network;
        !            34: this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
        !            35: should be considered before enabling tftp service.
        !            36: The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege.
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: tftp(1C), inetd(8)

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