Add the user tftp to /etc/passwd. For example,
tftp:*:510:10:TFTP:/home/tftpdir:/usr/bin/false |
HP recommends that you use this method.
If there is no /etc/passwd entry for the user tftp, tftpd has root access to any files or directories you
specify in the entry for tftp in the /etc/inetd.conf file. If an /etc/passwd entry exists for the user tftp, tftpd cannot read or write files unless they are readable
or writeable by the user tftp.
If you create an /etc/passwd entry for the user tftp, tftpd first looks for a file relative to the home directory
of the user tftp. If the file is not found there, then tftpd looks for the file relative to the path(s) specified
with the tftpd command. If you want to give remote systems permission
to retrieve a file through TFTP, the file must be readable by the
user tftp. If you want to give remote systems permission
to transmit a file to your system through TFTP, the file must be
writeable by the user tftp. For example, to create a home directory for the
user tftp, make the directory owner the user tftp, and ensure the directory gives the user tftp read, write, and execute permissions. For example:
$ mkdir /home/tftpdir$
$ chown tftp /home/tftpdir
$ chgrp guest /home/tftpdir
$ chmod 700 /home/tftpdir |
