[TriLUG] SCP, Chroot

Shawn Hood shawn.hood at favoriteagent.com
Mon Jan 16 15:35:25 EST 2006


Take a look at rssh.  I believe it is aimed at the functionality you
are seeking.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rssh/


Shawn


On 1/16/06, Mark Freeze <mfreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
> What are some ways to restrict a ssh user to their home (or any)
> directory?  What I am trying to do is set up a username that is jailed to a
> specific directory so users can drop off files via SCP.   I don't want them
> navigating around the fs if they were to log in with ssh. And, what about if
> they tried to SCP a file to somewhere other than /home/username? I looked at
> chrooting but that would just restrict them if they logged in.  I saw this
> package http://www.sublimation.org/scponly/ but I was trying to do this on
> my server without adding a bunch of packages or 3rd-Party stuff.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
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