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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-01-12 12:07:42 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-01-12 12:07:42 +0000
commit79922cdfc0287604a4d30a2f40717778ee3e8648 (patch)
tree6e1f65cc6be5e9619c9aaf1fafc28fa430caae5f
parentcdf88793adc7423f68d58e5025b99f9c79cbc332 (diff)
make DESCRIPTION not conflict with the options;
standard options list;
-rw-r--r--libexec/tftpd/tftpd.824
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8 b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
index ac51851e614..fa19adb774d 100644
--- a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
+++ b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.14 2003/08/08 09:26:03 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.15 2004/01/12 12:07:41 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)tftpd.8 6.7 (Berkeley) 5/13/91
-.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.14 2003/08/08 09:26:03 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.15 2004/01/12 12:07:41 jmc Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 11, 1997
.Dt TFTPD 8
@@ -66,14 +66,24 @@ does not require an account or password on the remote system.
Due to the lack of authentication information,
.Nm
will allow only publicly readable files to be accessed.
-Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
+Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable,
+unless the
+.Fl c
+flag is specified
+.Pq see below .
Note that this extends the concept of
.Dq 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.
+.Pp
+The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege,
+unless the
+.Fl s
+flag is specified
+.Pq see below ,
+in which case it must be started with user ID 0.
.Pp
Access to files may be restricted by invoking
.Nm
@@ -83,6 +93,9 @@ as server program arguments in
In this case access is restricted to files whose
names are prefixed by one of the given directories.
.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl c
If the
.Fl c
flag is used,
@@ -91,7 +104,7 @@ will allow new files to be created; otherwise uploaded files must already
exist.
Files are created with default permissions allowing anyone to read
or write to them.
-.Pp
+.It Fl s
When using the
.Fl s
flag with a directory name,
@@ -102,6 +115,7 @@ on startup; therefore the remote host is not expected to pass the directory
as part of the file name to transfer.
This option is intended primarily for
compatibility with SunOS boot ROMs which do not include a directory name.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tftp 1 ,
.Xr inetd 8