# Could not see all my root folders

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [16 November 2020 09:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626 "2020-11-16T09:27:29Z")
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### Author: ![digitalcan](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@digitalcan](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/digitalcan)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 09:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626/1 "2020-11-16T09:27:29Z")

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Hello,

I am new to rasp pi.

I open up ssh on diet pi and using transmit for macosx to sftp my rasp pi with my root user.

But i could not see my all files like /etc /var…

When i login i only see these…

[https://imgur.com/a/8IG9oZm](https://imgur.com/a/8IG9oZm)

How can i see all of the files with sftp ?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 18:34 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626/2 "2020-11-16T18:34:34Z")

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Hi,

you are located at root user home directory. Did you installed any software to be able to connect via sftp?

An easy option to connect is to install openssh client via dietpi-software and to use SCP. On Windows you could use WinSCP.

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### Author: ![digitalcan](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@digitalcan](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/digitalcan)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 20:01 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626/3 "2020-11-16T20:01:17Z")

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No, i just enable ssh on diet-pi

if i install openssh and login with my root creditentials can i see all the files on rasp pi?

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 20:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626/4 "2020-11-16T20:33:47Z")

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> No, i just enable ssh on diet-pi

not sure what you did but SSH is activated by default on DietPi

To get access via SCP protocol it’s enough to install openssh client (not server) and use a tool like WinSCP. Will looks like this

 ![picture.PNG](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7a64e9d12628b3cb28bea5066a419d29dcd96ebf.png)

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### Author: ![digitalcan](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@digitalcan](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/digitalcan)
#### Post date: [17 November 2020 08:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626/5 "2020-11-17T08:21:35Z")

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i fixed that.

Thank you…

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [17 November 2020 11:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/could-not-see-all-my-root-folders/4626/6 "2020-11-17T11:27:59Z")

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probably you like to share your solution. 😉