How to: Restrict Users to SCP and SFTP and Block SSH Shell Access with rssh

Posted by nixcraft on Jan 2, 2008 6:47 AM EDT
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FTP is an insecure protocol, but file-transfer is required all the time. You can use OpenSSH Server to transfer files using SCP and SFTP (secure ftp) without setting up an FTP server. However, this feature also grants ssh shell access to a user. In this article series we will help you provide secure restricted file-transfer services to your users without resorting to http://FTP. It also covers chroot jail setup instructions to lock down users to their own home directories (allow users to transfer files but not browse the entire Linux / UNIX file system of the server) as well as per user configurations.

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