Backtrack basics 11. - TFTP service

Backtrack 5 doesn't have TFTP by default as it was in BT4, we need to install it:

root@bt# apt-get install tftpd

Starting the service:

root@bt:~# in.tftpd /srv/tftp/

root@bt:~# netstat -a | grep tftp
udp 0 0 *:tftp *:*

After that we can start to use it.

#update

It's better if we install the "atftpd" package, this TFTP server has more options, for example we can run it as a separate thread, and not as part of the "inetd" process. The TFTP folder should be readable / writable to everyone.

The tool's configuration file can be found in "/etc/inetd.conf".

root@bt# apt-get install atftpd

Starting the service:

root@bt:~# in.tftpd --daemon /tftpboot/

root@bt:~# netstat -a | grep tftp
udp 0 0 *:tftp *:*