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18 .TH TFTPD 8 "September 20, 1988"
21 tftpd \- DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
33 is a server which supports the DARPA Trivial File Transfer
35 The TFTP server operates
36 at the port indicated in the ``tftp'' service description;
39 The server is normally started by
44 does not require an account or password on the remote system.
45 Due to the lack of authentication information,
47 will allow only publicly readable files to be
49 Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
50 Note that this extends the concept of ``public'' to include
51 all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network;
52 this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
53 should be considered before enabling tftp service.
54 The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege.
58 Pathname of a directory that is considered the rootdirectory for all
61 does not actually perform a
63 call; you should be aware of the security implications and you
64 probably should run the server from an unpriviledged account.
67 Increased debugging level.
70 Pathname of a file that is considered to be a filter program. Whenever
71 a client tries to download this file, the filter will be started and
72 its output is send to the client. An arbitrary amount of these
73 filters can be specified.