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Add the -p option for using regular Unix permissions.

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@ -92,7 +92,23 @@ which cannot be easily made to include a directory name in its request.
\fB\-u\fP \fIusername\fP
Specify the username which
.B tftpd
will run as; the default is "nobody".
will run as; the default is "nobody". The user ID, group ID, and (if
possible on the platform) the supplementary group IDs will be set to
the ones specified in the system permission database for this
username.
.TP
\fB\-U\fP \fIumask\fP
Sets the \fIumask\fP to the specified value. The default is zero
if the
.B \-p
option is not specified, or unchanged if
.B \-p is specified.
.TP
.B \-p
Indicate that no permissions checks beyond the normal system-provided
permission check for the user specified via the
.B \-u
option.
.TP
\fB\-t\fP \fItimeout\fP
When run from
@ -243,9 +259,10 @@ process.
The use of TFTP services does not require an account or password on
the server system. Due to the lack of authentication information,
.B tftpd
will allow only publicly readable files (o+r) to be accessed. Files
may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable,
unless the
will allow only publicly readable files (o+r) to be accessed, unless the
.B \-p
option is specified. Files may be written only if they already exist
and are publicly writable, unless the
.B \-c
option is specified. Note that this extends the concept of ``public''
to include all users on all hosts that can be reached through the
@ -261,7 +278,7 @@ database for access control information. This may be slow; sites
requiring maximum performance may want to compile without this option
and rely on firewalling or kernel-based packet filters instead.
.PP
The server should be set to have the user ID with the lowest possible
The server should be set to run as the user with the lowest possible
privilege; please see the
.B \-u
flag.
@ -304,6 +321,7 @@ added patches by Markus Gutschke and Gero Kulhman.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tftp (1),
.BR egrep (1),
.BR umask (2),
.BR hosts_access (5),
.BR regex (7),
.BR inetd (8).