[syslinux] Making tftp-hpa ignore files

[H. Peter Anvin]

Chris Verges wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> Is there any way to make tftp-hpa ignore certain files in the tftpboot 
> directory (-s /tftpboot) based on their filenames?  We're running into 
> an issue where users place an auto-config file in the directory and then 
> about 3,000 routers download this, overriding their correct 
> configurations.  Obviously the root issue is that people are placing 
> these files there in the first place, but if we could use an "ignore 
> list" to just not honor those requests at the TFTP server, it would 
> greatly reduce the problems we've been experiencing.
> 

Yes there is.  Use an "a" (access denied) rule in the filename remapping 
table.

	-hpa