How to Upload Files to the Rover
To be able to upload anything to the Rover, you have to be connected to its network:
- Windows
- Linux or macOS
Download and install WinSCP.
Connect to Leo Rover's WiFi.
Just after you open the software, it will ask you for the rover login details, as always:
- IP:
10.0.0.1 - Login:
pi - Password:
raspberry
and click login.
Now in the right window you'll see all the files located in your Leo Rover.
You can upload files by dragging them from your local computer and dropping them inside Leo Rover's filesystem.
You can use scp tool for this. Just type:
scp [local_path] [email protected]:[remote_path]
If you want to copy a whole directory you can add -r option
scp -r [local_path] [email protected]:[remote_path]
if [remote_path] is a relative path it will be resolved in /home/pi namespace (e.g. [email protected]:leo will be resolved to /home/pi/leo).
To show more options type man scp
Alternatively you can use sshfs to mount remote file system into your local directory
mkdir -p [local_path]
sshfs [email protected]:[remote_path] [local_path]
Now you can just put files inside [local_path] and it will be automatically synchronized with a remote directory.
When you're done just unmount the directory by typing
sudo umount [local_path]
File Permissions​
By default, when logging as pi user, you have write permission only on files
inside /home/pi directory. This should be sufficient in most cases but if you
really need to upload files outside of the home directory you have a couple of
options.
Recommended: take ownership of the directory
First
Create a directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p [upload_directory]
Now, assign the ownership of that directory
sudo chown -R pi:pi [upload_directory]
This will change ownership of [upload_directory] and all files inside it to
pi user
(Not recommended) Upload files by logging into root account​
Root logging is disabled by default. If you want to turn this on, you can follow these instructions.
You can then get access to all files by logging to root instead of pi
Modifying the root filesystem can be a destructive operation so if you don't fully understand what you're doing, make sure to backup your files first.