From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 3 21:19:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21284 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:19:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA21275 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:19:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id EAA08571; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 04:40:28 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199806040240.EAA08571@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: tftp in bootp process To: Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr (Nicolas Souchu) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 04:40:27 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mbouget@club-internet.fr In-Reply-To: <19980603224748.33844@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> from "Nicolas Souchu" at Jun 3, 98 10:47:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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