Thursday, April 29, 2010
Snow Leopard, Easy TFTP Server controls and Serial connectivity
I couldn't find a working TFTP server and serial Terminal for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, so I've put together two simple AppleScript programs to make life easier for updating Cisco routers and serial connectivity.
Download Links:
TFTP Controller
Serial Connection
To change the default TFTP server directory in Snow Leopard: NOTE that the directory must have full 777 permissions for all to be able to "get" and "put" data from and to TFTP server:
to your new path
<string>/Users/yourusername/TFTProot</string>
You can also start or stop the build-in TFTP server of Snow Leopard with the following commands:
Start TFTP server:
Download Links:
TFTP Controller
Serial Connection
To change the default TFTP server directory in Snow Leopard: NOTE that the directory must have full 777 permissions for all to be able to "get" and "put" data from and to TFTP server:
mkdir /Users/yourusername/TFTProot
chmod -R 777 /Users/yourusername/TFTProot
sudo nano /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plistto your new path
<string>/Users/yourusername/TFTProot</string>
You can also start or stop the build-in TFTP server of Snow Leopard with the following commands:
Start TFTP server:
sudo launchctl load -F -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plistsudo launchctl unload -F -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist
