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MAC OS X Native TFTP Server. As I said it’s probably running anyway, but to check, open a Terminal window and issue the following command; netstat -atp UDP grep tftp. If it’s not running you can manually start and stop the TFTP server with the following commands; Start TFTP. TFTP Servers is a piece of software that every network admin and engineer will use one day or another, so we’ve come up with a list of the Best free TFTP server software along with direct links to download them from. Although English is not my mother tongue, I was born in the German speaking area, but as far as I understand I have to go with Mac OS X El Capitan, with Server Connect, sounds very promising. But I will follow this tutorial point by point exactly with TFTP server, in case of problems with the installation I.

Problem

Every time I go to a networking event theres a sea of MacBooks in the audience, If techs like MacBooks so much why is there such a lack of decent TFTP software?

Solution

The thing is, I’m looking at the problem with my ‘Windows User’ head on. When I have a task to perform I’m geared towards looking for a program do do that for me. OS X is Linux (There I said it!) Linux in a pretty dress, I’ll grant you, but scratch the surface a little bit and there it is.

Why is that important? Well your already holding a running TFTP server on your hand, your MAC is already running a TFTP server, you just need to learn how to use it.

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As I said it’s probably running anyway, but to check, open a Terminal window and issue the following command;

If it’s not running you can manually start and stop the TFTP server with the following commands;

Start TFTP

sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

Stop TFTP

sudo launchctl unload -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

Note: In macOS Catalina, it’s disabled by default, so if you don’t manually start it, you will see errors like;

It would normally go without saying, but If I don’t say it, the post will fill up with comments! Make sure your Mac is physically connected to the same network as the network device, and has an IP address in the same range.

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And make sure the device, and the Mac can ‘ping’ each other.

Use Mac OS X TFTP Deamon To Copy a File To a Network Device

I’ve got a Cisco ASA 5505, but whatever the device is, does not really matter. You will have a file that you have downloaded, and you want to ‘send’ that file to a device. This file will probably be in your ‘downloads’ folder, the TFTP deamon uses the /private/tftpboot folder so we are going to copy the file there. Then set the correct permissions on the file.

Note: You can also use;

sudo chmod 777 /private/tftpboot
sudo chmod 777 /private/tftpboot/*

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To set permissions on ALL files in this directory.

You can then execute the command on your device to copy the file across;

Use Mac OS X TFTP Deamon To Copy a File From a Network Device

There is a gotcha with the TFTP daemon, which is you cant copy a file to the TFTP daemon if that file does not already exist there. Which at first glance sort of defeats the object, but what it really means id you have to have a file there with the same name and the correct permissions on it. In Linux you can create a file with the ‘Touch’ command.

You can then sent the file to your Mac from the device;

I Want Mac OS X TFTP Software!

Well you have a limited choice, if you don’t like using the Mac TFTP Daemon. You can install and use a GUI front end that uses the built in TFTP software.

But if you want a ‘stand-alone’ piece of software then the only other one I’ve found is PumpKIN, you will need to disable the built in TFTP daemon or it will throw an error.

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The macOS and OSX operating systems come with built in FTP, TFTP, SFTP, and HTTP servers. Here is how to enable them and use them.

FTP Server

To start an FTP server use this terminal command:

Users will need to authenticate to the macOS system using standard logins that are already on the macOS. When someone logs in, they will arrive in /Users/<username>/.

To stop the FTP server, run the following:

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TFTP Server

The directory that serves files is /private/tftpboot.

To stop the TFTP server, either reboot or use this command:

SFTP Server

This one is different. Go to system preferences then Sharing. Check the box to enabe Remote Login. Once this is done, other people will be able to ssh and sftp to your macOS system.

HTTP Server

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Apache comes bundled with macOS. To start it, run this command.

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By default the files will be served from /Library/WebServer/Documents.

To disable the server, either reboot or do this command:

Checking Status

To check to see what’s running, run the command:

This will show you which ports are open on your macOS. For example if you have Apache running, you will see the following:

  • HTTP = TCP 80
  • FTP = TCP 21
  • SSH = TCP 22
  • SFTP = TCP 22
  • TFTP = UDP 69

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Note that TFTP is on UDP and won’t say listen. Just run netstat -an grep 69 to find if it’s running.