Access connected usb hdd drive over ftp

alanbk · February 5, 2020 at 8:47 PM

Hi. I’m wondering is it possible to access a connected usb hdd on the Zx thru FileZilla. It’s handy for sending stuff over to the drive and then watching thru the Zx. Thanks

ddd · February 5, 2020 at 9:01 PM

I guess. If you can find a ftp server apk/xapk package which does not require the root user and allows a ftp server listening port above 1024 you should be able todo that.

alanbk · February 5, 2020 at 9:25 PM

Thanks for the reply. A bit lost though. I thought I might be able to access the hdd thru the ip of the Zx.

ddd · February 5, 2020 at 9:57 PM

Just an IP is not enough. There needs to be a "service" listening on a port. The service that you choose is first limited by what FileZilla supports and then limited further by what packages are available to run the server on the Formuler box.

I assumed Zx does not have FTP by default.

The second-easiest would then be if the Zx has for example Samba/SMB and FileZilla also has SMB/CiFs support

I've seen myftpserver in an other article for Z8, perhaps the software also works on other Formuler hardware.

alanbk · February 5, 2020 at 10:52 PM

Thanks so much. I’ll play around and see what I can do.

175n · February 6, 2020 at 1:12 AM Official Post

Forget ftP

Use SMB

Zx , Android Settings, Samba Service ON

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