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36 .Dd September 14, 2000
41 .Nd Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
43 .Nm /usr/libexec/tftpd
51 utility is a server which supports the
52 Internet Trivial File Transfer
58 at the port indicated in the
63 The server is normally started by
68 does not require an account or password on the remote system.
69 Due to the lack of authentication information,
71 will allow only publicly readable files to be
73 Files containing the string ``/\|\fB.\|.\fP\|/'' or starting with
74 ``\|\fB.\|.\fP\|/'' are not allowed.
75 Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
76 Note that this extends the concept of
79 all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network;
80 this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
81 should be considered before enabling tftp service.
82 The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege.
84 Access to files may be restricted by invoking
86 with a list of directories by including up to 20 pathnames
87 as server program arguments in
89 In this case access is restricted to files whose
90 names are prefixed by the one of the given directories.
91 The given directories are also treated as a search path for
92 relative filename requests.
96 option provides additional security by changing
98 root directory, thereby prohibiting accesses outside of the specified
102 requires super-user privileges,
105 However, after performing the
108 will set its user id to that of the specified
119 Changes the default root directory of a connecting host via chroot based on the
120 connecting IP address.
121 This prevents multiple clients from writing to the same file at the same time.
122 If the directory does not exist, the client connection is refused.
125 option is required for
133 except it falls back to
136 if a directory does not exist for the client's IP.
138 Log all requests using
145 must also be enabled in the syslog configuration file,
148 Suppress negative acknowledgement of requests for nonexistent
150 .It Fl s Ar directory
153 to change its root directory to
155 After changing roots but before accepting commands,
157 will switch credentials to an unprivileged user.
159 Switch credentials to
166 The user must be specified by name, not a numeric UID.
175 .%T The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)
186 option was introduced in
190 option was introduced in
194 option was introduced in
197 Files larger than 33488896 octets (65535 blocks) cannot be transferred
198 without client and server supporting blocksize negotiation (RFC 1783).
200 Many tftp clients will not transfer files over 16744448 octets (32767 blocks).