NAME¶

tftpd - Cobbler tftpd service

SYNOPSIS¶

tftpd [-h,--help] [-v,--verbose] [-d,--debug] [--version]

[--port=<port>(69)]

DESCRIPTION¶

A python, cobbler integrated TFTP server. It is suitable to call via xinetd, or as a stand-alone daemon. If called via xinetd, it will run, handling requests, until it has been idle for at least 30 seconds, and will then exit.

This server queries cobbler for information about hosts that make requests, and will instantiate template files from the materialized hosts' 'fetchable_files' attribute.

AUTHOR

Douglas Kilpatrick <kilpatds@oppositelock.org>

LICENSE

This script is in the public domain, free from copyrights or restrictions

VERSION

0.5

TODO

Requirement: retransmit Requirement: Ignore stale retrainsmits Security: only return files that are o+r Security: support hosts.allow/deny Security: Make absolute path support optional, and default off Feature: support blksize2 (blksize, limited to powers of 2) Feature: support utimeout (timeout, in ms)

OPTIONS¶

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-v, --verbose

Increase output verbosity

-d, --debug

Debug (vastly increases output verbosity)

-c, --cache

Use a cache to help find hosts w/o IP address

--cache-time=CACHE_TIME

How long an ip->name mapping is valid

--neg-cache-time=NEG_CACHE_TIME

How long an ip->name mapping is valid

--file_cmd=FILE_CMD

The location of the 'file' command

--idle=IDLE

How long to wait for input

--logger=LOGGER

How to log

--max_blksize=MAX_BLKSIZE

The maximum block size to permit

--port=PORT

The port to bind to for new requests

--prefix=PREFIX

Where files are stored by default [/var/lib/tftpboot]

--timeout=TIMEOUT

How long to wait for a given request

--user=USER

The user to run as [nobody]

-B MAX_BLKSIZE

alias for --max-blksize, for in.tftpd compatibility