Set up tftp on Fedora

1. installation

- check if components  are installed

# rpm -qa *xine* *tftp*

- install via yum

 # yum install xinetd tftp-server tftpd

2. configuration

- edit the configure file 

# vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp 

service tftp {         disable = no         socket_type             = dgram         protocol                = udp         wait                    = yes         user                    = root         server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd         server_args             = -s /back/tftp -c         per_source              = 11         cps                     = 100 2         flags                   = IPv4 }

-  create a root directory for tftp

# mkdir -p /back/tftp

#chmod 777 /back/tftp

- create a file to test whether tftp works

#echo aaa > /back/tftp/1

- restart tftp

#service xinetd restart

3. test tftp

tftp <IP>

tftp> get 1

4. trouble shooting

Make sure firewall and selinux are turned off.