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If you have the need for a TFTP server in Linux for either backing up and restoring Cisco configs or for PXE boot clients the one I like to use is tftpd-hpa. It’s easy to install and configure as detailed below:

INSTALL:
sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa

CONFIGURE:
sudo nano /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

#/etc/default/tftpd-hpa
TFTP_USERNAME="user"
TFTP_DIRECTORY="/home/user/tftp/"
TFTP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:69"
TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure --create"

The ‘secure’ switch lets tftpd use only the directory specified while the ‘create’ switch allows creating new files without having to touch them first.