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Date:      Fri, 9 Mar 2018 08:55:31 -0700
From:      Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
To:        rgrimes@freebsd.org
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org,  svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r330696 - in head/libexec/tftpd: . tests
Message-ID:  <CAOtMX2hq8AeKvV0eej%2BwszOW-5kiSjVB981Lso-i1TyiHhAaCA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201803091552.w29FqAWo065077@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <201803091530.w29FUKin041283@repo.freebsd.org> <201803091552.w29FqAWo065077@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>

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On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:

> > Author: asomers
> > Date: Fri Mar  9 15:30:20 2018
> > New Revision: 330696
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/330696
> >
> > Log:
> >   Add some functional tests for tftpd(8)
> >
> >   tftpd(8) is difficult to test in isolation due to its relationship with
> >   inetd.  Create a test program that mimics the behavior of tftp(1) and
> >   inetd(8) and verifies tftpd's response in several different scenarios.
>
> At one time I thought it was possible to run all of the external "inetd"
> daemons as standalone daemons without inetd involved.
> I do not recall if tftpd was included in that, but believe it was.
> I am sure that telnetd and ftpd would run standalone.
>
> Have we lost some useful functionality here that maybe we want back?
>

Some daemons support that, but others don't.  It's not in common code.
sprayd and ftpd can do it.  It looks like telnetd cannot.  I'm not sure
which others can.
-Alan



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