/tftpboot vs. /var/tftp vs. something else?

Warren Togami wtogami at redhat.com
Tue Nov 13 03:45:51 UTC 2007


Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 07:46:37PM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>> For many years, I've used /var/tftp as a location for storing TFTP 
>> data.  This mirrors the use of /var/ftp and /var/www.  I therefore 
>> suggest we change the default configuration in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp to 
>> reflect this.
> 
> FHS says:
> 
> Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of
> /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some
> system-wide implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing list.
> 
> Another possibility could be /var/lib/tftp. tftp doesn't exactly qualify
> for what should be in /var/lib, but it is not clearly wrong either.
> 
> --
> Pat
> 

Edubuntu is using /var/lib/tftp as their tftpdir.  Should we use it as well?

If so, I suppose our selinux-policy should handle both /tftpboot and 
this new location to allow for a smooth transition.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com




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