[TriLUG] restricting access to webserver

[Alan Porter]

 > I need to give access via scp to a friend/user of my webserver.
 > I wish to restrict him to a specific directory ( not
 > necessarily a home/user directory). The user doesn't need
 > ssh capability. He just needs to upload to, and/or download
 > files from the specific directory.

This sounds like you'll want a "chroot jail for ssh".  This
basically sets up a chroot with nothing in it except what's
required for sshd to run, and the home directory.

See http://www.fuschlberger.net/programs/ssh-scp-sftp-chroot-jail/
or Google for "ssh chroot jail".


Alan






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