From: theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk   
      
   Lars Poulsen  wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-20, None  wrote:   
   > >                                               when I try transferring   
   > > from the camera to the server the camera tells me it received an error   
   > > code from the server.   
   > >   
   > >                                              when I go to vsftpd's log   
   > > it seems the camera is trying (and failing) to create a subdirectory in   
   > > my home directory instead of doing what it used to-just write to the   
   > > directory I told it to in its settings.  That directory, by the way is a   
   > > USB-connected hard drive mounted in the /media directory.   
   > >   
   > >                                    Thanks in advance for any suggestions.   
   >   
   > cd ~   
   > ln -s /media/my_hd/cam_files ~/whateverCanonWants   
      
   Or add   
   local_root=/media/my_hd/cam_files   
      
   to /etc/vsftpd.conf   
      
   which makes / in the FTP server be that path.   
   (maybe also anon_root if the camera uses anonymous mode, which I doubt)   
      
   Theo   
      
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