Re: [gentoo-user] scp login but confine the user to his home directory?

[Mark Knecht]

On 2/2/07, Greg Bur <greg.bur@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >    I'm wondering if it is possible and/or advisable to set up an
> > account where a user can scp files in and out of his home directory
> > using scp but if he logs into the machine using ssh he cannot go
> > anywhere outside of his home directory?
> >
> >    How would I set something like this up?
>
> Mark,
>
> Rebuild openssh with the chroot USE flag enabled and then have a look
> at the following HOWTO:
>
> http://www.howtoforge.com/chrooted_ssh_howto_debian
>
> It's a bit of work to set up but it works well.  We have a similar
> setup at work for our shared hosting customers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg

Thanks Greg. That looks pretty manageable and easier than some of the
full blown chroots I've built before under Gentoo. Certainly good
enough to try things out and see how it works.

Thanks a lot,
Mark
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