SFTP Access denied

[manngobaum]

Hi,

I want to build an automation with n8n to transfer a file from Google Drive to Paperless via SFTP. I am able to connect to the SFTP via the FTP Node in n8n but when I try to execute the transfer I am receiving the following failure:

ERROR: put: Permission denied /consume/

I am able to connect via FileZilla and also upload a file in the directory. What can I do?

Best,
Sven

[micmc]

@manngobaum Hello, is the directory you want to add, created and writable?

[manngobaum]

@micmc Yes, it‘s the one Cloudron creates. It‘s available in FileZilla and the Web UI of Cloudron.

[girish]

@manngobaum To double check the username/password and connectivity, you can open the Web Terminal of the n8n app and try this:

root@fbbe56ac-d7f8-4fd7-a899-74c1463d6022:/app/code# sftp -P 222 girish@wp.cloudron.space@wp.cloudron.space 
...
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
...
girish@wp.cloudron.space@wp.cloudron.space's password: 
Connected to wp.cloudron.space.
sftp> 

The first girish@wp.cloudron.space is the SFTP username and the second @wp.cloudron.space is the app. In your case, these would be the paperless app domain.

[manngobaum]

@girish Thanks for your answer. I tried it and I can connect. I ran the list command in the n8n UI with the following result:

trying the Upload command I receive the failure:

Error: put: Permission denied /consume
    at fmtError (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2-sftp-client/src/utils.js:55:18)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2-sftp-client/src/index.js:733:18)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:642:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at Object.cb (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/SFTP.js:3715:12)
    at 101 (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/SFTP.js:2708:11)
    at SFTP.push (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/SFTP.js:278:11)
    at CHANNEL_DATA (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/client.js:525:23)
    at 94 (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/handlers.misc.js:859:16)
    at Protocol.onPayload (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:2025:10)
    at GenericDecipherBinding.decrypt (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/crypto.js:1418:26)
    at Protocol.parsePacket [as _parse] (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:1994:25)
    at Protocol.parse (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:293:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/app/code/node_modules/ssh2/lib/client.js:713:21)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)

[manngobaum]

The solution is to add the filename to the path:

In my case:

/consume/file.pdf