From 1f9c54ba2f02cc75c99ce28770d2aaf6695921c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hpa Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:25:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More notes on security. --- tftpd/tftpd.8.in | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tftpd/tftpd.8.in b/tftpd/tftpd.8.in index ccd7263..d03c148 100644 --- a/tftpd/tftpd.8.in +++ b/tftpd/tftpd.8.in @@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ and rely on firewalling or kernel-based packet filters instead. The server should be set to run as the user with the lowest possible privilege; please see the .B \-u -flag. +flag. It is probably a good idea to set up a specific user account for +.BR tftpd , +rather than letting it run as "nobody", to guard against privilege +leaks between applications. .PP Access to files can, and should, be restricted by invoking .B tftpd