Running tftpd-hpa as a daemon in debian/ubuntu

Install tftpd-hpa and the client tftp-hpa

$ sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa tftp-hpa

uncomment the configuration in /etc/inetd.conf

tftp           dgram   udp     wait    root  /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftp    boot

to

#tftp           dgram   udp     wait    root  /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftp    boot

and then configure it via /etc/default/tftpd-hpa as a daemon and set the default tftpboot directory as /tftpboot

#Defaults for tftpd-hpa
RUN_DAEMON="yes"
OPTIONS="-l -s /tftpboot"

you'd better stop or restart inetd here

$ inetd stop

restart tftpd-hpa as a daemon

$ /etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa restart

now, you can put something in /tftpboot and use tftp to get it

$ mkdir /tftpboot
$ cd /tftpboot
$ touch README
$ cd /tmp
$ tftp
tftp> get README
tftp> quit

if you can get README, cong~, you are successful :-)

that's all.