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Old 10-22-2011
SFTP Account how to setup

Hi

I have setup an sftp account user my problem is,I want this sftp user will be able to access /export/home/sftp/Information folder only and its subdirectory.

However when i tested out via winscp the sftp user account is able to access/see other directories which i dont want to happen.
Please help. thanks
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Old 10-23-2011
Limit the user. Their rights are the problem. You could make the user live in a chroot.
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