diff -Nur netkit-tftp-0.17.dist/tftpd/tftpd.c netkit-tftp-0.17/tftpd/tftpd.c
--- netkit-tftp-0.17.dist/tftpd/tftpd.c	2008-04-15 10:55:48.000000000 +1000
+++ netkit-tftp-0.17/tftpd/tftpd.c	2008-04-15 11:06:29.380174906 +1000
@@ -364,14 +364,17 @@
 			return(EACCESS);
 		}
 	}
-#if 0
 	/* 
 	 * #####stat() will fail in the case that mode is WRQ and the
 	 * file does not exist! In this case we should try to create
 	 * the file instead of just exit.
 	 */
-	if (stat(filename, &stbuf) < 0)
-		return (errno == ENOENT ? ENOTFOUND : EACCESS);
+	if (stat(filename, &stbuf) < 0) {
+		if (mode != WRQ) {
+			return (errno == ENOENT ? ENOTFOUND : EACCESS);
+		}
+	}
+#if 0
 	/*
 	 * The idea is that symlinks are dangerous. However, a symlink
 	 * in the tftp area has to have been put there by root, and it's