1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)tftpd.8 6.7 (Berkeley) 05/13/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt TFTPD 8 10.Os BSD 4.2 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm tftpd 13.Nd 14.Tn DARPA 15Trivial File Transfer Protocol server 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm tftpd 18.Op Ar directory ... 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20.Nm Tftpd 21is a server which supports the 22.Tn DARPA 23Trivial File Transfer 24Protocol. 25The 26.Tn TFTP 27server operates 28at the port indicated in the 29.Ql tftp 30service description; 31see 32.Xr services 5 . 33The server is normally started by 34.Xr inetd 8 . 35.Pp 36The use of 37.Xr tftp 1 38does not require an account or password on the remote system. 39Due to the lack of authentication information, 40.Nm tftpd 41will allow only publicly readable files to be 42accessed. 43Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable. 44Note that this extends the concept of 45.Dq public 46to include 47all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network; 48this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications 49should be considered before enabling tftp service. 50The server should have the user ID with the lowest possible privilege. 51.Pp 52Access to files may be restricted by invoking 53.Nm tftpd 54with a list of directories by including pathnames 55as server program arguments in 56.Pa /etc/inetd.conf . 57In this case access is restricted to files whose 58names are prefixed by the one of the given directories. 59.Sh SEE ALSO 60.Xr tftp 1 , 61.Xr inetd 8 62.Sh HISTORY 63The 64.Nm 65command appeared in 66.Bx 4.2 . 67