[syslinux] tftp-hpa versus atftpd

[H. Peter Anvin]

Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> I won't use atftpd because it can only be started from inetd.
> 
> BTW, is there a reason to run tftpd as root? I know that the daemon
> forks and abandons privileges to service a request, but I didn't find
> a reason for it not to do it permanently. I patch it to run as nobody
> after binding to the port.
> 

It needs to start as root if you want it to be able to chroot().

	-hpa