Example of TFTPd with Debian apt-get install tftpd The TFTP package should automatically put a proper configuration line in /etc/inetd.conf but you might have to adapt it to your system. By default, it will use /boot as the directory to serve TFTP files. Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and make sure it contains a line like this: tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /home/x chmod 777 /home/x /etc/init.d/inetd restart /etc/hosts.allow | /etc/hosts.deny: in.tftpd : FQD or IP files cannot be written to unless they are world writable: touch router-confg chmod 666 router-confg chmod a+rw router-confg chmod: The format of a symbolic mode [ugoa...][[+-=][rwxXstugo...]...][,...] Multiple symbolic operations can be given, separated by commas.