TFTP server for MAC OS X

Question

does anyone know any TFTP server for Mac OS X? maybe there is one build-in?

Answer 1

It's there, you just have to enable it:

Starting the TFTP server on Mac OS X Leopard (sudo needed) (Note this does not work with Mac OS X Lion):

• To start the TFTP server, in the terminal window, type: /sbin/service tftp start
  • Your TFTP default folder path will be: /private/tftpboot
• To Stop the TFTP server, type: /sbin/service tftp stop

To test you can tftp to localhost, or you could create a test file. In terminal, type:

• echo "testing" >/private/tftpboot/testfile
• printf "verbose\ntrace\nget testfile\n" | tftp localhost

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TFP Server GUI:

If you're into GUIs, this TFTP server GUI app might work for you: http://ww2.unime.it/flr/tftpserver/

Answer 2

This solution works on Mac OS X Lion.

There already is one:

sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist
sudo launchctl start com.apple.tftpd

And, assuming you don't have a typo in either your subject or problem description:

sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
sudo launchctl start com.apple.ftpd