Sometimes TFTP is the only protocol available to exchange files with an embedded system. So, it’s very easy to have that supported in our workstation or any other place to exchange files with those systems.
Set up steps:
apt-get install tftpd-hpamodify file “/etc/default/tftpd-hpa”:
TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure --create"–secure: Change root directory on startup. This means the remote host does not need to pass along the directory as part of the transfer, and may add security. When –secure is specified, exactly one directory should be specified on the command line. The use of this option is recommended for security as well as compatibility with some boot ROMs which cannot be easily made to include a directory name in its request.
–create Allow new files to be created. By default, tftpd will only allow upload of files that already exist. Files are created with default permissions allowing anyone to read or write them, unless the –permissive or –umask options are specified.
Needed to allow uploads in that directory:
chown -R tftp /var/lib/tftpbootRestart and check if the service is running:
service tftpd-hpa restart service tftpd-hpa status netstat -a | grep tftp