Installing and Testing TFTPD Server in Ubuntu
1. Install following packages.
$ sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp
2. Create /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and put this entry
service tftp
{
protocol = udp
port = 69
socket_type = dgram
wait = yes
user = nobody
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = /tftpboot
disable = no
}
3. Create a folder /tftpboot this should match whatever you gave in server_args. mostly it will be tftpboot
$ sudo mkdir /tftpboot $ sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot $ sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot
4. Restart the xinetd service.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd stop $ sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd start
Now our tftp server is up and running.
Testing our tftp server
5. Create a file named test with some content in /tftpboot path of the tftp server
$ ls / > /tftpboot/test $ sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot $ ls /tftpboot/test -lh -rw-r--r-- 1 thalib thalib 159 2010-03-05 20:48 test
Obtain the ip address of the tftp server using ifconfig command, in this example we will consider the ip address as 192.168.1.2
6. Now in some other system follow the following steps.
$ tftp 192.168.1.2 tftp> get test Sent 159 bytes in 0.0 seconds tftp> quit $ ls test -lh -rw-r--r-- 1 thalib thalib 159 2010-03-05 20:48 test
Thats it. Our tftp server is working fine.
April 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM
i configured tftp server in my ubuntu system but i cant transfer file to remote system eg: windows xp ; timeout error shows whenever i transfer file to remote system and at the same time i can get the file in remote system-winxp can anyone help me for this problem and post ur answer please…..
April 18, 2013 at 7:47 PM
tftp is not a secure protocol to transfer file, so most of the host will not allow receiving files over tftp. use ftp instead.
April 3, 2013 at 7:49 AM
Assalamualaikum.. I am new with tftp..I have set up tftp to transfer file between two linux (using debian) VMware, my laptop as a client and desktop as a server.my laptop is using Wifi,but my desktop is connected with cable
I have installed tftp on both..
but how to transfer files between them? i have done this on client side:
./atftp (server ip address)
tftp > get (filename)
timeout: retrying…
timeout: retrying…
timeout: retrying…
timeout: retrying…
timeout: retrying…
for now, it works fine when i transfer file on local host..
i hope someone can help me..
Thank you.
March 23, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Thank you very much this is the guide I needed, simpel and working
March 18, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Thank you Thalib,
Alhumdulillah,,,,,,It works fine,,,really helpfull.
March 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Mashallah, I am Glad that it helped you.
March 18, 2013 at 3:57 PM
Thank you Thalib,
It was really helpfull..
February 22, 2013 at 4:55 PM
anyways done.. was doing silly mistake .
February 22, 2013 at 12:15 PM
I set ->
sudo mkdir /tftpboot
sudo chown nobody.nogroup /tftpboot
sudo chmod 777 /tftpboot
sudo vi /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
RUN_DAEMON=”yes”
OPTIONS=”-l -s /tftpboot”
sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1
sudo tftp 192.168.1.1
tftp> get test.txt
Transfer time out.
Please what am i missing?
September 17, 2012 at 2:17 PM
I have completed with Tftp server installation and configuration in my host ubuntu system. Its working fine. But when trying to test it from qemu . i cannot test it. help me to test wthether tftp server working from qemu
September 17, 2012 at 6:12 PM
that problem is solved for me.
September 12, 2012 at 3:21 PM
why i try to update image over tftp, getting following error. what is the issue ?
TFTP from server 192.168.1.3; our IP address is 192.168.1.1
Filename ‘xxxxx.img’.
Load address: 0×80800000
Loading: T T T T T T T T T T T
September 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Looks like network issue. Some below if below things..
1. You are setting the IP address of the target as 192.168.1.1, mostly it will be you routers IP (incase you have a router ) choose a IP that is not used by any device on you network
2. Do a quick check if the server is reachable. Just od a ping to see if the host is reachable.
June 26, 2012 at 10:21 PM
I tried the steps mentioned, got it installed, but the problem arises in the testing part
i execute the tftp connect command on the tftp server itself, just to be sure that am not being blocked by any firewall if i try to connect from other system.
$ tftp 192.168.1.2
tftp> get net.img
After the above command, it doesn’t download anyting from the server and is just struck there
June 19, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Router#copy disk2:fromtftp.txt tftp:
Address or name of remote host []? 10.10.10.10
Destination filename [fromtftp.txt]?
TFTP: error code 2 received – 16739
%Error opening tftp://10.10.10.10/fromtftp.txt (Permission denied)
How to resolve this!
July 5, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Thanks for the reply, i figured it out and its already working
I missed a step in the above config 
December 8, 2012 at 6:52 PM
You should create the file prior to the transfer (with the command touch) and set its permissions to 666 (world writable). This is explained in the manpage of tftpd.
May 21, 2012 at 3:45 PM
When i’m trying to create file in that directory:
:/etc/xinetd.d$ sudo cat > tftpd
bash: tftpd: Permission denied
i’m using Ubuntu 12.04, i tried this in windows style, both with failure, i am so frustrated ARGHH
June 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM
try this
sudo cat >> /etc/xinetd.d/tftp << EOF
service tftp
{
protocol = udp
port = 69
socket_type = dgram
wait = yes
user = nobody
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = /tftpboot
disable = no
}
EOF
else manually edit the file using vim
February 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Hi can anyone help me setting up tftp file transfer between two linux PCs?
Pls provide exact steps for the same.
1.should the both systems be connected thro cables?
2.how to install tftp client?
3.how to transfer the files between them?
February 1, 2012 at 2:09 PM
You can use the above steps in the blog.
1. In both PC’s execute all the above steps
2. Then run to test tftp transfer between the PC’s only execute step 6, but use opposite PC’s IP here.
Answer for your question.
1.should the both systems be connected thro cables?
As long as both the PC’s are in the same net work, or they are able to ping them each other then you can use tftp between them.
You can also use WIFI.
2.how to install tftp client?
If you have folloed the instruction in this blog then you have installed the tftp client,
where tftpd is server and tftp is client. Step 6 shows how to use tftp client
3.how to transfer the files between them?
Normally under all Linux OS due to security reason, You can get files from tftp server, but you can’t put.
So consider using ftp for file transfer between PC’s
All the best.
December 15, 2011 at 1:22 PM
hi all
i tried the instruction…..also the chmod but it gives me this..
sysadmin@sysadmin:/$ tftp 10.10.10.2
tftp> get test
tftp: test: Permission denied
tftp> exit
?Invalid command
tftp> quit
sysadmin@sysadmin:/$ sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot
sysadmin@sysadmin:/$ ls /tftpboot/test -lh
-rwxrwxrwx 1 sysadmin sysadmin 132 2011-12-15 08:46 /tftpboot/test
what’s wrong?
thank you very much
Marco
December 15, 2011 at 2:40 PM
The current directory where you are is not having write permission for your user. so change to some a directory where you have write permission eg. home path
$ cd ~/
Now test the tftp, it should work..
All the best.
December 15, 2011 at 3:00 PM
you right………after the post i found the solution…..’cause it worked with ” sudo tftp ”
thank you man….and sorry for time wasted
c ya
November 10, 2011 at 1:31 AM
I like this web site very much so much great information.
November 1, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Thank you for a wonderful info. it worked first time. Wish you can do the same for dhcp-server program. I have tried to follow the instructions but got failure installing it. Also dhcp3-server file was missing.
October 29, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Appreciate it for all your efforts that you have put in this. very interesting info . “Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.” by Aesop.
September 10, 2011 at 11:54 AM
i am using “sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp” command nut i got
E: Unable to locate package xinetd
E: Unable to locate package tftpd
E: Unable to locate package tftp
I am using Ubuntu 11.04 Ver.
Y? can any one help me?
September 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM
I am also using Ubuntu 11.04. where I can find the package’s using this command.
$ apt-cache search xinetd
update-inetd – inetd configuration file updater
xinetd – replacement for inetd with many enhancements
globus-gfork-progs – Globus Toolkit – GFork Programs
rlinetd – gruesomely over-featured inetd replacement
Try
$ sudo apt-get update
then install it again.
June 26, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Please make sure you set the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf
then ping google.com to see if you have connectivity to internet
Then try the sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp
Because, when you are trying to install apps using apt-get, it searches for the
repositories online and has to resolve the domain names to reach upto them
July 26, 2011 at 6:59 PM
Great. Simple and very clear. Congratulations.
January 3, 2011 at 11:35 AM
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November 11, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Thanks
I have success follow instruction Installation
but I try put file from other computer to tftp server got “Access Violation”
how to set it for allowing upload file from outside tftpd server?
November 11, 2010 at 12:26 PM
I have missed some thing in the instruction use below step to solve the problem
$sudo chmod 777 -R /tftpboot/
Now it should work fine
November 11, 2010 at 12:47 PM
many thanks
Works fine now. Alhamdulillah
Assalamu’alaikum
November 11, 2010 at 12:28 PM
If you still have any problem, Then just post the log. I will try to figure it out.