Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]
Franklin PIAT <fpiat@bigfoot.com> writes:
> 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.
For the record, I found Steve's argument convincing, but indeed, you'd
have to stop shy of shipping files in that path. You *could*, however,
query for the tftp root and symlink files there, although I don't know if
tftp servers follow symlinks.
I'm not horribly fond of shipping files in /var/lib either, but... there
aren't a lot of great options here, I understand. It's very similar to
the problem with configuring web applications.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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