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SFTP Error: "Could not change directory to “/var/www/domain.com”. Invalid response serial number."
- Posted June 22, 2020
- DigitalOcean
I can’t seem to upload to my Droplet via SFTP. I can log in but if I try to upload files I get this error.
Could not change directory to “/var/www/domain.com”. Invalid response serial number.
Any ideas? I tried to just reset the root password but that didn’t help.
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Hello, @Coopgrafik
Would you mind checking the current disk space usage on your droplet? You can do that using the following command via ssh:
df -hI assume you’re experiencing this error in your SFTP client (FileZilla or another). What you can also do is to check that the permissions of the folder are not
000and are readable, writable -755or750should work for you.You can also try to connect using the
sftpclient in your terminal/command line:sftp -oPort=custom_port sammy@your_server_ip_or_remote_hostnamein order to get in another directory you can issue this command:
cd testDirectoryIf everything is working then this might be an issue with the SFTP client. You can also check this tutorials:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sftp-to-securely-transfer-files-with-a-remote-server
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-filezilla-to-transfer-and-manage-files-securely-on-your-vps
Let me know how it goes.
Regards, Alex