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TFTP Server Install

Install Time: 5 minutes

• Assuming you have Debian Installed with xinetd.
  • By default "sudo apt-get install tftpd" will add an entry to indetd.conf, but if your using xinetd there is a little bit more config..

sudo apt-get install tftpd

sudo vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp

• Add the Folowing

service tftp
   {
       disable = no
       socket_type = dgram
       protocol = udp
       wait = yes
       user = root
       server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
       server_args = -s /tftpboot
       per_source = 11
       cps = 100 2
       flags = IPv4
   }

• Write/Quit

# sudo mkdir /tftpboot
# chmod 777 /tftpboot

• and Finally, restart xinetd

# sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart