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    TFTPD(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 TFTPD(8)

    NAME
         tftpd - DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server

    SYNOPSIS
         tftpd [ directory ... ]

    DESCRIPTION
         Tftpd is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File
         Transfer Protocol.  The TFTP server operates at the port
         indicated in the ``tftp'' service description; see ser-
         vices(5).	The server is normally started by inetd(8).

         The use of tftp does not require an account or password on
         the remote system.  Due to the lack of authentication infor-
         mation, tftpd will allow only publicly readable files to be
         accessed.	Files may be written only if they already exist
         and are publicly writable.  Note that this extends the con-
         cept of ``public'' to include all users on all hosts that
         can be reached through the network; this may not be
         appropriate on all systems, and its implications should be
         considered before enabling tftp service.  The server should
         have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege.

         Access to files may be restricted by invoking tftpd with a
         list of directories by including pathnames as server program
         arguments in /etc/inetd.conf.  In this case access is res-
         tricted to files whose names are prefixed by the one of the
         given directories.

    SEE ALSO
         tftp(1), inetd(8)

    Printed 11/24/99	  June 24, 1990                         1

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