NAME

tftpd − DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/in.tftpd [ −d ] [ port ]

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 services(5), and is invoked each time a datagram reaches this port by the internet server inetd(8C).

Due to the lack of authentication information, tftpd will allow only publicly readable files to be accessed.  To do this, tftpd executes as uid −2, gid −2 , assuming that no files exist with that owner or group. However, nothing check this assumption or enforces this restriction.

SEE ALSO

tftp(1C)

BUGS

This server is known only to be self consistent (i.e. it operates with the user TFTP program, tftp(1C)).

Sun Release 3.2  —  Last change: 1 February 1985