svn commit: r330696 - in head/libexec/tftpd: . tests
Alan Somers
asomers at freebsd.org
Fri Mar 9 15:55:35 UTC 2018
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd at pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> > Author: asomers
> > Date: Fri Mar 9 15:30:20 2018
> > New Revision: 330696
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/330696
> >
> > Log:
> > Add some functional tests for tftpd(8)
> >
> > tftpd(8) is difficult to test in isolation due to its relationship with
> > inetd. Create a test program that mimics the behavior of tftp(1) and
> > inetd(8) and verifies tftpd's response in several different scenarios.
>
> At one time I thought it was possible to run all of the external "inetd"
> daemons as standalone daemons without inetd involved.
> I do not recall if tftpd was included in that, but believe it was.
> I am sure that telnetd and ftpd would run standalone.
>
> Have we lost some useful functionality here that maybe we want back?
>
Some daemons support that, but others don't. It's not in common code.
sprayd and ftpd can do it. It looks like telnetd cannot. I'm not sure
which others can.
-Alan
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