Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a very simple file transfer protocol, with the functionality of a very basic form of FTP. It has no authentication system. (more on wikipedia)
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TFTP Servers
Choosing a tftp server ...
Name |
Netkit-tftp |
HPA |
Atftpd |
DnsMasq |
Package |
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Default root location |
/srv/tftp |
/var/lib/tftpboot |
/var/lib/tftpboot |
/var/ftpd |
Started from |
inetd |
inetd (or daemon) |
inetd (or daemon) |
daemon |
Popcon |
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Features |
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blksize option |
? |
yes |
yes |
? |
tsize option |
? |
yes |
yes |
? |
timeout option |
? |
yes |
yes |
? |
multicast option |
? |
no |
yes |
? |
Others Features |
- |
* rewrite URL (regexp + remote adress) |
* rewrite URL (regexp) |
? |
General Information |
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Home |
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Mailing list |
- |
- |
Legend : This setting can be preseeded.
TFTP Clients
- (To be written)
See also
- TFTP under Debian :
Debian-Installer's NetbootPXE and BootpTFTP
Debian Installation Guide's Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting (Etch/i386's page)
Debian-Live's ?Network Image Server Howto
- diskless clients (like LTSE),
TFTP ?DebTag is protocol::tftp.
- About TFTP
Wikipedia's Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol
RFC1350 TFTP Protocol. Associated RFCs: 783, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 2347, 2348, 2349.
Note that dnsmasq provide multiple services, and tftp server is disabled by default. So most people probably don't install it for tftpd service (1)