Installing and Configuring TFTP Server on Linux

  • Install
    • yum install tftp-server
  • Setup 
    • nano /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
      • Find disable = yes, make it no 
      • change server_args to the location that you want the root of the tftp server to be in 
        • -v is necessary so the tftp will log all requests 
        • -c option allows you to upload files to the tftp server without them first existing






        • server_args             = -v -s /tftpboot 
  • Start TFTP Server (Note: auto-startup tftp might not be good idea)
    •  /sbin/chkconfig tftp on
    • /sbin/chkconfig xinetd on




    • /sbin/service xinetd start 
  • Testing
    •  touch /tftpboot/test
    • From another computer, Linux, OS X:
      • tftp [ip of tftp server]
      • tftp get test
      • tftp quit
    • From another computer, Windows OS:
      • tftp 192.168.0.1 GET test
      • If you can see “test” under the current directory, then this TFTP server should work properly.
      • If not, check the firewall, open UDP port 69. You can run system-config-security to open it.
    • You can use grep tftp /var/log/messages to see the log

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