The post I created about installing TFTPD on CentOS 6.3 is one of the most visited posts in my blog. I’ve decided to create a new post for CentOS 6.5 with the same purpose: configure tftpd so it allows uploading files, I’ve used again the information found in /usr/share/doc/tftp-server-0.49/README.security.
yum install tftp-server adduser tftpd chown tftpd:tftpd /var/lib/tftpboot # if you are running iptables and want to save your firewall rules iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 69 -j ACCEPT service iptables save # if you want xinetd/tftpd start on boot chkconfig xinetd on
Once again as I want to be able to upload files I need -c and -p arguments and I’ve set the umask for the new files 117 (read write permissions for tftpd user and group). These are the lines I’ve modified in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp configuration file:
- disable = no
- server_args = -c -p -u tftpd -U 117 -s /var/lib/tftpboot
Finally start the xinetd service:
- service xinetd start
Your TFTPD server will be running in the UDP 69 port… again 🙂
Enjoy!
n40lab 
excellent stuff ….i have spent hours trying to upload and scouring the internet on how to get the files writing and this is the only command that works server_args = -c -p -u tftpd -U 117 -s /var/lib/tftpboot, so thanks for being someone who actaully knows what they are talking about.
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Thanks a lot for your kind words
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yum install tftp-server
Loaded plugins: clearcenter-marketplace, fastestmirror
Setting up Install Process
ClearCenter Marketplace: fetching repositories…
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* clearos: clearos.mirrors.ovh.net
* clearos-addons: clearos.mirrors.ovh.net
* clearos-extras: clearos.mirrors.ovh.net
* clearos-updates: clearos.mirrors.ovh.net
* private-clearcenter-dyndns: download4.clearsdn.com:80
No package tftp-server available.
Error: Nothing to do
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Impossible on ClearOs
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yum install tftp-server
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Setting up Install Process
No package tftp-server available.
Error: Nothing to do
last time it worked like a charm, now same centos version and it doesn’t.
There were no special repos needed though?
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Hmmmm, CentOS-Base repos were not enabled 😦
Can’t remember this issue the last time i rolled out the template. Maybe it disables them when the template boots with no network connection.
The message doesn’t belong here anyway. The rest of the install worked fine like described.
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Glad you solved it, thanks for your comments and your feedback it makes this post useful and up-to-date.
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Used instruction guide lines for Red Hat 6.6, worked!
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Thanks for your feedback!
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