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cedricmc

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From: Valencia, Spain

Registered: 2011-11-20

Posts: 62

nautilus: error exchanging/copying between mtp and sftp

Hi there,

I have noted an error that occurs on Nautilus when I want exchange/copy files between my mobile phone's SD card (through mtp) and another machine (through sftp) . I always get the error "The operation is not permitted" (from the Spanish "La operación no está soportada"). However I can bypass the error by temporarily copying the files to my local home folder. I do not know who is the offender: sftp, mtp, gvfs, nautilus.

Does anyone has the same problem?

Cheerios!

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,719

Re: nautilus: error exchanging/copying between mtp and sftp

Spanish is not my native language, but if that were to translate as not supported versus not permitted, it could have different implications.   
Which way are you trying to copy? phone to sftp, or sftp to phone?   
I have to admit, I have given up on the user space tools for Android -- I always copy to/from the phone using adb.   I am guessing the mtp is your problem.

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cedricmc

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From: Valencia, Spain

Registered: 2011-11-20

Posts: 62

Re: nautilus: error exchanging/copying between mtp and sftp

Hi, ewaller. From here, the complainer is likely to be gvfs-sftp and the translation comes from the message "Operation unsupported".

I used the term "exchange" to remark that the problem appears on both ways.

• mtp <-> sftp fails

• mtp <-> local <-> sftp succeeds