Solaris 2.3 tftpd problems

My original question, edited:

Me> I'm having a problem with the Solaris 2.3 tftpd: it will not accept

Me> filename specifiers with a leading slash.

The solution was to get patch 101560-01, which completely solves the

problem. Other solutions were suggested, mostly linking /tftpboot to

itself or something of the sort that was required under SunOS 4 but not

under Solaris 2.

One good suggestion was to not use tftp as a file service protocol, and

instead use NFS. This is, of course, a great idea and I do it with the

terminals that support it. The terminals in question, however, are HDS

terminals and do not seem to support that feature.

Thanks to:

Leif Hedstrom <hedstrom@inf.ethz.ch>

Neil Serdinsky <serdinsn@panther.acc1912.af.mil>

Pat Cain <pjc@denver.ssds.com>

Steve_Kilbane <steve@cegelecproj.co.uk>

Russ Poffenberger <poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com>

Peter Koblauch <koblauch@waterloo.hp.com>

Birger A. Wathne <Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no>

Aidan Williams <aidan@cse.unsw.edu.au>

Archie listing follows:

arp.anu.edu.au /pub/solaris-2.3/patches/101560-01.tar.Z

sun.rz.tu-clausthal.de /pub/unix/Newitems/101560-01.README

sun.rz.tu-clausthal.de /pub/unix/Newitems/101560-01.tar.gz

sun.rz.tu-clausthal.de /pub/unix/sun-fixes/ftp.uni-paderborn/101560-01.README

sun.rz.tu-clausthal.de /pub/unix/sun-fixes/ftp.uni-paderborn/101560-01.tar.gz

von-neum.uni-muenster.de /share/public2/sun-fixes/sunos5.3/101560-01.tar.Z

princeton.edu /pub/sun-fixes/sunos5.3/101560-01.tar.Z

kum.kaist.ac.kr /pub/sun-patch/101560-01.README

kum.kaist.ac.kr /pub/sun-patch/101560-01.tar.Z

ftp.germany.eu.net /pub/comp/sun/sun-fixes/101560-01.README

ftp.germany.eu.net /pub/comp/sun/sun-fixes/101560-01.tar.Z

metten.fenk.wau.nl /pub/sun-fixes/101560-01.README

metten.fenk.wau.nl /pub/sun-fixes/101560-01.tar.Z

ugle.unit.no /pub/unix/sun-fixes/101560-01.README

ugle.unit.no /pub/unix/sun-fixes/101560-01.tar.Z


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