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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-04-10 09:22:20 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-04-10 09:22:20 +0000
commit9b914d93234190707f4052adb2c12d051c59bad6 (patch)
treeab440d70d13b6478c45c23810a0b6f357f68fc0f /libexec/tftpd
parentbfc0541774bf42de897c473af52300bded396f42 (diff)
improve BUGS:
- current implementations do not support transfers >65535 blocks - 32767 block limit does not apply to this tftp implementation other stuff: - kill unnecessary Ns macros - uppercase tftp where applicable discussed w/ tom, and wording improvements from him;
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/tftpd')
-rw-r--r--libexec/tftpd/tftpd.826
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8 b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
index 452a0a217bb..631111a1f12 100644
--- a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
+++ b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.16 2004/04/03 10:15:37 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.17 2004/04/10 09:22:18 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 1.16 2004/04/03 10:15:37 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.17 2004/04/10 09:22:18 jmc Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 11, 1997
.Dt TFTPD 8
@@ -48,12 +48,8 @@ Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
.Nm
is a server which supports the
.Tn DARPA
-Trivial File Transfer
-Protocol.
-The
-.Tn TFTP
-server operates
-at the port indicated in the
+Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
+The TFTP server operates at the port indicated in the
.Ql tftp
service description; see
.Xr services 5 .
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ Note that this extends the concept of
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.
+should be considered before enabling TFTP service.
.Pp
The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege,
unless the
@@ -136,7 +132,13 @@ The
flag was added in
.Ox 2.1 .
.Sh BUGS
-Files larger than 33488896 octets (65535 blocks) cannot be transferred
-without client and server supporting blocksize negotiation (RFC 1783).
+This implementation of
+.Nm
+does not support blocksize negotiation
+.Pq RFC 1783 ,
+so files larger than 33488896 octets
+.Pq 65535 blocks
+cannot be transferred.
.Pp
-Many tftp clients will not transfer files over 16744448 octets (32767 blocks).
+Many TFTP clients will not transfer files over 16744448 octets
+.Pq 32767 blocks .