Re: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:52:54AM +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As I were writing an email about the consistency of tftpboot directory,
> I fount a previous debian-policy thread[1] where it seemed that a
> consensus were already met.
> (If you wonder why I'm interested with this, see [2])
>
> I've worked on the following policy snippet. As far as I am concerned, I
> would rather make the default location compulsory, and probably drop
> "tftp-get-root-location" then.
Yes please.
> Here it is. Your comments/amendments are welcome :
>
> --- START ---
> 11.12 Packages providing a tftp server
>
> Packages that provides a tftp server (tftpd) which meets the criteria
> listed below should declare in their control data that they provide the
> virtual package tftp-server.
>
> To be a tftp-server, a program must:
>
> * Provide a TFTP service compatible with RFC 783 and 1350.
> * Serve filenames relatively to the defined tftp-root, not
> relatively to the system root directory (/).
> * Provide a program named "/usr/bin/tftp-get-root-location" which
> returns the location of tftp root, as currently configured and
> enabled by the system owner.
>
> And it should :
> * Define /srv/tftp as the default tftp root directory.
>
> Note : The tftp-server is not expected to follow/serve symbolic links
> (due to chroot).
You means symbolic links that point outside the tftproot ?
Because debian-installer tftp media include symbolic links (and they
work fine).
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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