I have a task to create 3 users that must connect only via sftp on a machine, and must have only read access to a certain directory (thay shouldn;t be able to cd anywhere else)
The problem is that the directory where these users must have access to, it's already created/owned by another user/group which have xw rights there also.
My approach for this was to create the new users into the owner group of the respective directory. Then I configured in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for the users to be chrooted in that directory.
Like this :
the directory where the users have to 'caged' with only read permissions :
The user creation and chroot settings :
I\m not sure exactly what ChrootDirectory %h does but I assume it 'cages' the respective user in his home directory.. ?
My problem is that once the 'ChrootDirectory %h' is in place my user cannot login :
Any ideas how should I approach this?
Hi,
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/blog/opensource/chroot-users-with-openssh-an-easier-way-to-confine-users-to-their-home-directories/229
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