SFTP mount shows root disk size for subfolders
SFTP mounts report the server root's free space instead of the mounted subfolder, so file managers refuse large drag-and-drop copies.
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4 public reports · first reported 18 August 2026 · last reported 19 August 2026
What's going wrong
When an SFTP remote is mounted at a nested folder, the mount reports the free space of the whole server root rather than the folder that is mounted.
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