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# 1  
Old 03-01-2012
Restricting multiple users to run only sftp server
Hello,

can someone please provide steps, can I restrict a multiple users to only access only sftp on a server, to perform upload and download of files on their home directories.

1. I have updated their login shell as /sbin/nologin.

anything else do I need to update.

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 03-01-2012
Assuming you are using vsftpd as your sftp server, change the following in your /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file

Code:
chroot_local_user=YES

I should let you know that this works only while "ftp" client is used instead of "sftp" client. Strange!!
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# 3  
Old 03-02-2012
I wasnt clear in my post, I dont have vsftp installed on my server. I am planning to upgrade the openssh rpm to 5.2 and use chroot to get this functionality.

Someone please let me know if you have good documentation on this.

Thanks,
# 4  
Old 03-02-2012
I use "scponly" for this. It's a substitute login shell which only allows them to scp and sftp, not do actual shell logins. It won't chroot them into their home directories, however.
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