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1.1       root        1: .TH TFTPD 8C "4 March 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: tftpd \- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/tftpd
                      7: [
                      8: .B \-d
                      9: ] [
                     10: .I port
                     11: ]
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Tftpd
                     14: is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer
                     15: Protocol.  The TFTP server operates
                     16: at the port indicated in the ``tftp'' service description;
                     17: see
                     18: .IR services (5).
                     19: This port number may be overridden (for debugging purposes)
                     20: by specifying a port number on the command line.  If the
                     21: .B \-d
                     22: option is specified, each socket created by
                     23: .I tftpd
                     24: will have debugging enabled (see SO_DEBUG in
                     25: .IR socket (2)).
                     26: .PP
                     27: The use of
                     28: .I tftp
                     29: does not require an account or password on the remote system.
                     30: Due to the lack of authentication information, 
                     31: .I tftpd
                     32: will allow only publicly readable files to be
                     33: accessed.
                     34: Note that this extends the concept of ``public'' to include
                     35: all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network;
                     36: this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
                     37: should be considered before enabling tftp service.
                     38: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     39: tftp(1C)
                     40: .SH BUGS
                     41: This server is known only to be self consistent
                     42: (i.e. it operates with the user TFTP program,
                     43: .IR tftp (1C)).
                     44: Due to the unreliability of the transport protocol
                     45: (UDP) and the scarcity of TFTP implementations,
                     46: it is uncertain whether it really works.

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