[TriLUG] restricting access to webserver

[James c. Jones]

Thanks Alan,

I will check that out.

jcj
Alan Porter wrote:
>  > 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.
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> 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.
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> See http://www.fuschlberger.net/programs/ssh-scp-sftp-chroot-jail/
> or Google for "ssh chroot jail".
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