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NAME
atftpd - Trivial File Transfer Protocol Server.
SYNOPSIS
atftpd [options] directory
DESCRIPTION
atftpd is a TFTP (RFC1350) server. By default it is started by inetd on most sytems, but
may run as a stand alone daemon. This server is multi-threaded and supports all options
described in RFC2347 (option extension), RFC2348 (blksize), RFC2349 (tsize and timeout)
and RFC2090 (multicast option). It also supports mtftp as defined in the PXE
specification.
OPTIONS
This program supports both the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting
with two dashes ('-') as well as short options. A description of the options is included
below.
-t, --tftpd-timeout <value>
Number of seconds of inactivity before the server exits. This value has meaning
only when the server is started by inetd. In daemon mode, the server never exits.
Default is 300 seconds.
-r, --retry-timeout <value>
How many seconds to wait for a reply before retransmitting a packet. Default is 5
seconds. This can be overridden by the TFTP client with the 'timeout' option.
-m, --maxthread <value>
Maximum number of concurrent threads allowed. Default is 100.
-v, --verbose[=value]
Increase or set the logging level. No arguments will increase by one the current
value. Default is LOG_NOTICE, see syslog(3) for log level. Valid value range from 0
(LOG_EMERG) to 7 (LOG_DEBUG).
--trace
When verbose level is set to 7, this will output debug information for each packet
sent or received from the network.
--no-timeout
disable 'timeout' from RFC2349. This will prevent the server from acknowledging the
'timeout' option requested by the client.
--no-tsize
disable 'tsize' from RFC2349. This will prevent the server from acknowledging the
'tsize' option requested by the client.
--no-blksize
disable 'blksize' from RFC2348. This will prevent the server from acknowledging the
'blksize' request by the client.
--no-multicast
disable 'multicast' from RFC2090. This will prevent the server from acknowledging
the 'multicast' request by the client.
--logfile <logfile>
Log to a specific file instead of only syslog. 'nobody' (or any user used to run
the server) must have permissions on the given file. Assuming the file is
/var/log/atftpd.log, simply run: "touch /var/log/atftpd.log" and then "chown
nobody.nogroup /var/log/atftpd.log". When the server is run in daemon mode,
/dev/stdout or /dev/stderr can be used. Specifying a single dash as the filename
will send logs to stdout (file descriptor 1).
--pidfile
Write the PID of the server to the specified file. This may be useful when
automatically starting and stopping one or more instance of the server.
--daemon
Run as a daemon. Do not use this option if atftpd is started by inetd.
--no-fork
When --daemon is specified, this option will prevent the server from forking to
background. It is useful for debugging purpose or specialized usage.
--user <user[.group]>
By default, the server change identity to the user nobody and group nogroup.
Specify an alternate user.group with this option.
--group <group>
Alternate way of specifying the group. If group is specified with --user and
--group, the last option will be used.
--port <number>
Specify the port on which atftpd listens. Useful when --daemon is specified.
Default is standard tftp port as determined by getservbyname(3).
--bind-address <IP address>
Specify the IP address which atftpd binds to. Useful when --daemon is specified.
Default is to bind to all interfaces. Only one address can be specified, the server
can only listen to one or all interfaces.
--mcast-ttl
Specify the TTL to be used for multicast datagram. By default a value of 1 is used.
Note that TTL has a special meaning in multicast as it is used to determine the
scope of the packets. The value of 1 means the packets don't leave the local
network, see ip(4). Scope may also be determine by the address as described
RFC2365.
--mcast-addr
Specify the IP address range to be used for multicast transfer. Format string may
comprise range and list of values: "239.255.0.0-31,128-132,200". Default value is
"239.255.0.0-255". This address range is proposed in RFC2365 for local scope.
--mcast-port
Specify the UDP port to use for multicast transfer. Format string may contain range
and list of port number: "1758-2000,8000-9000". default value is "1758".
--pcre <file>
Specify a pattern/replacement file to use. This allow to replace requested file
name based on Perl Compatible Regular Expression. See README.PCRE.
--pcre-test <file>
Test a pattern/replacement file. When using this option, the server will not start
as usual but just read file name from stdin and printout the substitution.
--mtftp <file>
This will start a mtftp server thread for each valid entry in the supplied file.
See PXE specification for detail about mtftp. An example file is provided in the
source distribution.
--mtftp-port <port>
Port the mtftp server shall listen to for incomming request.
--no-source-port-checking
In some specific cases of networks using load balancer or other equipment
performing NAT (network address translation), some needs to disable source port
checking because port number as been translated. If you want to use this feature,
you must know why you need it and the implication. Be aware that this option
violate the RFC1350. This option has effect only for non-multicast transfer.
--mcast-switch-client
This option allow the server to proceed with the next multicast client as soon as
the current client timeout. When the current master client fails to send an
acknowledge (ACK) to the server, the server will send an option acknowledge (OACK)
to the master client with the field MC (master client) set to false and send an
OACK to the next multicast client with MC set to true. Without this option, the
server will retry the current master client up to 5 times and then mark it done,
proceding with the next one.
-V, --version
Show version of program.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
path This is the root directory used by the TFTP server. All requested files from a TFTP
client must reside in this directory. If not specified, the directory defaults to
/tftpboot. Since atftpd run as the nobody user, the permission of the directory
must be set properly to allow file reading and writing.
STATS
Starting with release 0.2, the server collects some statistics. Currently the server
compute system load, time between connections and some thread statistics like number of
file sent, received, number of abort... To see those stats in the logs, you need to set
--verbose=6 (LOG_NOTICE) or higher.
SECURITY
TFTP by itself has no provision for security. There is no user authentication and TFTP
clients get access to all files within the specified root directory for which the server
has permission.
Some level of security can be gained using atftp libwrap support. Adding proper entry to
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny will restrict access to trusted hosts. Daemon name to
use in these files is in.tftpd.
PCRE
The atftpd server provides a way to dynamically replace requested file name by a new one
based on Perl compatible regular expression. Pairs of pattern/replacement are read from
the specified files. Upon reception of a read request, the server will first try to open
the file name requested. If it fails, then it will search for a replacement based on the
content of the pattern file. If this still fails, then an error will be sent to the
client. This feature is available only for read request. It makes no sense doing this
substitution for client writing files to the server.
MTFTP
The mtftp name refer to multicasrt tftp as define by the PXE specification. See
pxespec.txt for the source of the specification. Note that this is not the same as
RFC2090. PXE compliant boot implements mtftp, not RFC2090.
SEE ALSO
inetd(8),hosts_access(5),libpcre(7), RFC1350, RFC2090, RFC2347, RFC2348, RFC2349 and
pxespec.pdf.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Remi Lefebvre <remi@debian.org> and Jean-Pierre Lefebvre
<helix@step.polymtl.ca>.
December 27, 2000 ATFTPD(8)