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tftp will transfer files even though they do not exist on the host. Are you in the directory that the file resides when performing the tftp command? or try putting the full path to the local file . For example if the file resides in the tmp directory locally would would type tftp -i 172.21.186.143 put /tmp/dmcomplete.tar /Sw/dmcomplete.tar Second does the Sw directory reside on the tftp server*172.21.186.145. If not you cannot transfer a file to a directory that doesn't exit on the server. Make sure you create the directory on the server first before transferring files. There might be a file called /etc/tftpaccess.ctl that controls logins but doesn't sound like you have a problem with that. Different the tftp command works differently on different machines. Can you post a copy of the man page on the tftp command you are using?

I'm sure I'm using the correct directory path while transferrring the files
The below is the man page for the tftp I use

D:\Documents and Settings\asenthil>tftp /?
Transfers files to and from a remote computer running the TFTP service.
TFTP [-i] host [GET | PUT] source [destination]
-i Specifies binary image transfer mode (also called
octet). In binary image mode the file is moved
literally, byte by byte. Use this mode when
transferring binary files.
host Specifies the local or remote host.
GET Transfers the file destination on the remote host to
the file source on the local host.
PUT Transfers the file source on the local host to
the file destination on the remote host.
source Specifies the file to transfer.
destination Specifies where to transfer the file.

Thanks for ur follow-up and reply

So does the /Sw directory exist on the host tftp server? Do you have permissions to that directory as a user? Check the tftpaccess.ctl file to see if the Sw directory is listed in there. Run the command line by line and try to put and get and see if either works. Do you know what the default directory is when tftp is started. You should be able to find an inetd.conf in /etc and see what directory it is loading as the default. You should see a tftp -s (default directory) command in there. See if there are any other tftp references in there that controls access from client. Try coping a file from the server to the client and vise versa. Did you try the full pathname to make sure that worked or not?