Re: non-login sftp user?

From: Ed Wilts (ewilts_at_ewilts.org)
Date: 02/24/04

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    On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 06:40:54PM -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote:
    > Does anyway exist to setup a user account that can use sftp for downloading
    > files, but cannot use ssh to login to a shell (as well as keep them locked
    > into their home directory)?

    Short answer, no. Long answer is that the openssh development teams do
    not considered a chroot'ed environment for sftp/scp a priority. There
    are some source hacks you can do but from the hacks I've read, they're
    not secure. 

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