Cannot write to `/root` directory

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aedryan
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Cannot write to `/root` directory

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I'm trying to SSH into the Mister using VSCode and/or with an RSA identity but I find that whenever I try to write a file anywhere into `/root/`, I get a no space left on device error. I've tried adding a new user for myself to access the Mister in various ways but the command doesn't exist. Any advice on this would be appreciated. I'm not a Linux expert but I've had success reading manuals and roughing my way through when needed but I can't seem to figure this one out.
aedryan
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Re: Cannot write to `/root` directory

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I may be answering my own question in some way here but I noticed the `ftp` user in the `/home` directory and haven't fiddled with it yet but may be able to use that for these purposes but any idea if there's a way to add users through the CLI?
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Re: Cannot write to `/root` directory

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What exactly are you trying to achieve?
aedryan
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Re: Cannot write to `/root` directory

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I'm trying to find a better way to SSH into the Mister and wondering why write access to the root directory seems restricted and not just restricted by permissions but by some disk space allocations.
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Re: Cannot write to `/root` directory

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The mister/uboot setup boots and then mounts the root filesystem from an image file, that's why it's "full"

If you want to transfer files to the mister, transfer them to /media/fat or a mounted usb drive. The root filesystem may or may not have room
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