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How to enable tftp server on Mac OS X

When you would like to use TFTP on your Mac OS X machine, take these simple steps:

  1. Change /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist Quite simple; remove two lines <key>Disabled</key> and <true/>. Besides that, I added the -l option with <string>-l</string>, but that's optional.
  2. Load tftp.plist into launchd The command launchdctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist will do that.
  3. Monitor /var/log/system.log With the command tail -f /var/log/system.log

Now place the required files in /private/tftpboot and you are done!

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Wed, 03/09/2011 - 22:40 — Brian Povlsen (not verified)

This is a great help. For Mac

This is a great help. For Mac users who don't want to use the terminal command you can also achieve it with a GUI. You can get the program here.
http://chimac.net/2011/03/09/how-to-enable-tftp-server-on-mac-os-x-me-in-it/

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