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--- en:general_information:tftp [2017/12/22 12:10] – reworked h_fitze
+++ en:general_information:tftp [2020/11/19 09:43] – [Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 x86 in vmware player] liedmann
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 ====== TFTP Server ======
-===== Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 x86 in vmware player =====
+===== Setting up TFTP Server in Ubuntu =====
-First you have to install xinetd tftp
+TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simplified version of FTP (File Transfer Protocol),running on port 69. It can be setup with very litte effort.
+For example the TFTP server can be used to provide the u-boot, device tree blob and Linux kernel binaries for firmware updates in u-boot on the target hardware.
+The first thing is to install install the client and the server package together with xinetd superserver.
 <code>
 sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp
+</code>
+The next step is to create folder to act as TFTP root, the files for e.g. the firmware updates has to be stored there.
+Typically this folder is located at the root level and named **tftpboot**
+<code>
+sudo mkdir /tftpboot
+sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot
+sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot
+sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
 </code>
-create the file **/etc/xinetd.d/tftp** and add the following lines of code to it:
+Now a new xinetd serivce has to be created  the file **/etc/xinetd.d/tftp** and add the following lines of code to it:
 <code>
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 </code>
-Then create a tftp folder and restart xinetd.
-<code>
-sudo mkdir /tftpboot
-sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot
-sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot
-sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
-</code>