Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 04:40:27 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr (Nicolas Souchu) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mbouget@club-internet.fr Subject: Re: tftp in bootp process Message-ID: <199806040240.EAA08571@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <19980603224748.33844@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> from "Nicolas Souchu" at Jun 3, 98 10:47:29 pm
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> Hi there, > > Is /tftpboot/cfg.X.X.X file really usefull in the bootp process? > > /etc/bootptab already contains rootfs, swapfs and so on... > > A identification/security issue? tftp is not used anymore in the diskless boot process. Unfortunately the documentation (especially, the handbook) has not been updated. The best source of documentation is the netboot(8) manpage. cheers luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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