Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]
Here's an updated text, based on feedback on debian-policy comments :
Steve Langasek pointed out[1] that the location /srv/tftp could be
used, but no package should provide any file in it. I consider this
would defeat the purpose of having a standard location (pxelinux.0 and
elilo.efi couldn't be dropped by respective packages).
Also, Russ Allbery[2] argued that using /srv/* might violate the FHS.
So I've switched to /var/lib/tftpboot.
Bill Allombert[1], suggested to make the tftp root location compulsory.
Bill Allombert[1], also suggested to state that symlinks shouldn't be
assumed to be followed outside the chroot only.
Franklin
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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.
* Define /var/lib/tftp as the default tftp root directory.
* Serve filenames relatively to the defined tftp-root, not
relatively to the system root directory (/).
Should :
* Provide a program named "/usr/bin/tftp-get-root-location" which
returns the actual location of tftp root, as currently configured
and enabled by the system owner.
Note : The tftp-server is not expected to follow/serve symbolic links
that point outside the tftproot (due to chroot-like mechanisms).
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[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/06/msg00154.html
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/06/msg00152.html
[3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/06/msg00153.html
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