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title: "Enabling tftpd on MacOS X (Snow) Leopard"
description: "Enabling the tftp daemon in MacOS X Snow Leopard (or Leopard) is an easy task with little documentation. This is a quick reference. The manual page for tftpd in MacOS X Snow Leopard (or…"
date: 2009-07-08
tags: ["Leopard", "MacOS X", "Snow Leopard", "tftpd"]
canonical: https://keremerkan.dev/posts/enabling-tftpd-on-macos-x-snow-leopard/
---

Enabling the tftp daemon in MacOS X Snow Leopard (or Leopard) is an easy task with little documentation. This is a quick reference. The manual page for `tftpd` in MacOS X Snow Leopard (or Leopard) recommends that `tftpd` is launched via `launchd`, so we will do it that way. First, we enter `launchd%` console using `sudo`:

sudo launchctl

After that, we enable `tftpd` in `launchd%` console:

load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

That's it. Now you can put your tftp files into `/private/tftpboot` folder and start using `tftpd`. When you are finished using the daemon, you can unload it by entering `launchd%` console and issuing the following command:

unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

If you use `tftpd` a lot, you can enable it at boot time by entering the following in `launchd%` console:

load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

And to disable it from starting up at boot time:

unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist