TFTP Kurulum – LiNUXTFTP Installation in LiNUX

Installation Notes of Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

TFTP is a file transfer protocol, with the functionality of a very basic form of File Transfer Protocol (FTP). TFTP server is commonly used to upload and download executable images and configurations of routers and switches. In our company, the main purpose of using this is that you can transfer your newly build code to TV environment easier than transfering via usb flash memory stick drive.  In this document, the used and the tested Linux distribution is the Fedora operating system. Some little variations may exist for other distributions(e.g : install command yum, apt-get, or etc).  Before starting these steps, you should be  the super user (root) of OS as su command.

To install tftp server, type this command in the console:

yum install tftp-server tftp xinetd

Edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/tftp:

vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp

Replace keywords server_args and disable with below lines:

server_args             = -c -v -s /the_root_path_of_tftp_according_to_your_demand

disable                 = no

Then change the ownership and the file permission of the tftp folder:

chown –R nobody:nobody /the_root_path_of_tftp_according_to_your_demand
chmod a+rwx –R  /the_root_path_of_tftp_according_to_your_demand

Make sure you disable selinux and allow tftp in iptables before starting the tftp server:
Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/selinux and disable selinux.

vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux

The key SELINUX must be disabled. If not, then make it disabled.

Allow it to pass through the firewall by typing this command.

iptables -A INPUT -p udp –dport 69 -j ACCEPT

Enable the tftp and tftp-client  in the firewall by clicking the specified items via  accessing  System -> Administration -> Firewall

Possible to close firewall if problem exists

/etc/init.d/iptables stop

Start the tftp:

service xinetd restart

To test tftp server:

In the first command, we have also installed the tftp client program by adding  “tftp” word. So, no need to install again.

# tftp ip_address

tftp> get file_name_with_extension

tftp> quit

#

# ls file_name_with_extension

If output of above statement shows the file. Then it means test is successfull.

System Update with uboot (This is done once)

–          Enter uboot mode.

–          Enter the below commands;

• setenv ipaddr 10.134.158.199
  • This ip address must be not used by any host. Try pinging the ip address and be sure that ip address is not used by anyone.
• setenv serverip 10.134.158.198 (This is your laptop’s or PC’s IP )
• setenv macaddr 00:11:E1:00:22:55(This may be not necessary)
• saveenv
• reset