Re: sftp virtual users question

check out scponly.  that lets you chroot a user, and only allow scp/sftp.

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Bob Rasmussen wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Lukasz Chruszczyk wrote:
>
> > Helo
> > 1.Is it possible to prevent a user to get access to shell (by means of
> > ssh),
> > but give him/her access to sftp (or scp)
> > 2.Is it possible to manage users independently for ssh and sftp(scp)
> > subsystems?
> > 3.Documentation about sftp-server subsystem is very poor? Where can I get
> > more info?
>
> First, I assume you're talking about OpenSSH's implementation; is that
> right?
>
> You are right that there is very little configurability. You might want to
> force a particular directory as the user's home directory for SFTP
> (different from their login directory). You might also want to restrict
> their navigation.
>
> As far as I can tell there is no way to do this with OpenSSH's
> implementation. This would be a good area for someone to expand upon.
>
> Regards,
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