FTP File Transfer Protocol support

Software release 2.1.7 feature.

Usage

You can transfer a file from the camera to your host computer using the FTP protocol.

• user: root
• password: <no password>
• communication: passive
• home directory: /
• modify to camera file system: prohibited
• reading and writing SD card: directory /mnt/sdcard
• reading and writing USB storage device: directory /mnt/usb

commands:

tfischer@edgertronic.com:~$ ftp 10.11.12.13
ftp> passive
ftp> cd /mnt/sdcard
ftp> ls
ftp> quit

Configuration

You can replace the files /etc/inetd.conf (to enable write to camera file system) and/or /etc/password (to set a FTP login password) as described in Configuration Files.

There are several ftpd options.

ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    ftpd    ftpd -w    /

You can fetch the current inetd.conf via http://10.11.12.13/static/etc/inetd.conf

Modify the file, save it to the SD card root directory, and power on the camera to install the inetd.conf from the SD card to /etc/inetd.conf