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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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