According to the in.tftpd manpage, in.tftpd is being managed by smf(5), which is well, true. The problem is that it’s not there if you issue svcs|grep tftpd.

I don’t know the reason why it’s not configured (but disabled) but, because of compatibility with older versions of ”add_install_client“ and ”setup_install_server“, tftp needs to be listed in /etc/inet/inetd.conf; so that’s where a fresh install should put the command.

Add this to /etc/inetd.conf to configure tftpd:

TFTPD - tftp server

tftp dgram udp6 wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

Make your changes active:

root@badkitten:/# inetconv

root@badkitten:/# svcs | grep tftp

online 16:15:58 svc:/network/tftp/udp6:default

The tftp service is now enabled and available.

You can enable using inetadm -e svc:/network/tftp/udp6 and disable with inetadm -d svc:/network/tftp/udp6