I have been using the following command to copy between a linux machine and a mac and it works fine:
scp -r /home/ubuntu/Desktop/somefolder username@ipaddress:/Users/username/Documents/somefolder
But now I would like to copy over to an external drive on the mac and have tried the following:
scp -r /home/ubuntu/Desktop/somefolder username@ipaddress:/Volumes/MyDrive/somefolder
But it gives me Operation not permitted. I have macOS Big Sur and this must have something with permissions. When I created the somefolder folder on the external drive I was asked to approve it with a password.
Any idea how to get around this?
Btw the reason I am doing this and not connecting the external drive directly to the Linux machine, is that it has no working usb ports to connect an external drive to it.
Edit: I changed the permissions on the external drive to read write for my user and also did the same for the Volumes folder. Now my user on the mac can create a folder without giving a password. But still no luck with the scp command.