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parkher · 02-24-2012, 11:13 AM

Unfortunately, I had only a partial success.

I have installed both samba and the ftp server.

With samba: I can't get to my external card even though I specified the additional mounting point for it.
BTW, samba says: for external cards, only vfat formatted supported at this time.

With ftp - I can get to the external card without problems but I cannot change directories. I keep getting this message:

550 Invalid name or chroot violation

If I specify in the ftp server some directory on the card as the initial directory, then I get there when connected, but I still cannot move anywhere from it.

UPDATE: the ftp problem solved:
the initial directory for the external card has to be /mnt/extsd instead of /extsd

Still, samba is working with the internal flash only.

As to ftp, I need a better Far ftp plugin to support various characters and alphabets in folder/file names. With FileZilla - everything is ok. But I need something for FAR.
So far I tried the usual ftp plugin and NetBox - NetBox shows some promise but fails very quickly.

02-24-2012, 11:13 AM	#6
parkher Evangelist Posts: 467 Karma: 369018 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: BL Alita/Mimas/Ares, OB Note2/Note, KA One/H2O/HD, S PRS T2/T1, PB 902	Unfortunately, I had only a partial success. I have installed both samba and the ftp server. With samba: I can't get to my external card even though I specified the additional mounting point for it. BTW, samba says: for external cards, only vfat formatted supported at this time. With ftp - I can get to the external card without problems but I cannot change directories. I keep getting this message: 550 Invalid name or chroot violation If I specify in the ftp server some directory on the card as the initial directory, then I get there when connected, but I still cannot move anywhere from it. UPDATE: the ftp problem solved: the initial directory for the external card has to be /mnt/extsd instead of /extsd Still, samba is working with the internal flash only. As to ftp, I need a better Far ftp plugin to support various characters and alphabets in folder/file names. With FileZilla - everything is ok. But I need something for FAR. So far I tried the usual ftp plugin and NetBox - NetBox shows some promise but fails very quickly. Last edited by parkher; 02-25-2012 at 04:47 AM.