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Configuring Chrootdirectory
Hello,

I am running OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008

I need to chroot each user into their own directory.
How can I do so using the chrootdirectory option?
Please provide an example.

Thanks
 
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD

chroot

CHROOT(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 CHROOT(8)

NAME

     chroot -- change root directory

SYNOPSIS

     chroot [-u user] [-g group] [-G group,group,...] newroot [command]

DESCRIPTION

     The chroot utility changes its current and root directories to the supplied directory newroot and then exec's command, if supplied, or an
     interactive copy of the user's login shell.

     If the -u, -g or -G options are given, the user, group and group list of the process are set to these values after the chroot has taken
     place.

ENVIRONMENT

     The following environment variable is referenced by chroot:

     SHELL  If set, the string specified by SHELL is interpreted as the name of the shell to exec.  If the variable SHELL is not set, /bin/sh is
	    used.

SEE ALSO

     chdir(2), chroot(2), setgid(2), setgroups(2), setuid(2), getgrnam(3), environ(7), jail(8)

HISTORY

     The chroot utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD
								   June 7, 2003 							       BSD