tftp

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

• Server install is $ sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa
• Client install is $ sudo apt-get install tftp-hpa
• Start the server using $ sudo systemctl start tftpd-hpa
• Restart the server using $ sudo systemctl restart tftpd-hpa
• Query the status using $ sudo systemctl status tftpd-hpa
• Stop the server using $ sudo systemctl stop tftpd-hpa
• Default settings are in /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

# /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"
TFTP_DIRECTORY="/srv/tftp"
TFTP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:69"
TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure"

• Test the server operations by copying a file into /srv/tftp and pulling it via a client session

$ sudo echo hello > /srv/tftp/hello
$ tftp 0.0.0.0
tftp> get hello
tftp> q

• hello file should now exist in current directory and contain the text hello