[K12OSN] Anyone provide ftp access to students?

[Mike Ely]

Hoover Chan wrote:
> re: using SSH for file transfers
> 
> A couple of questions. First, are there any good, hopefully free or Open 
> Source, GUI clients for Mac OSX?

Yes, I use one called FuGu, works pretty well:
http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/

> 
> Second, in general, what's a good way to set up something like a chroot 
> jail for these SSH users? I don't want people to wander around the file 
> system.

That's fairly distribution-dependant.  Also, you want to be sure that 
you have a clear understanding of what you're going to give people 
access to in terms of what's on that server.  Anytime you give shell 
access to users, there's the chance of their accounts being misused - 
the unix shell is a powerful tool, even in a very limited chroot 
environment.  I'd recommend against it.  Nonetheless, if you are set 
that this is what you want to do, I'm sure we could help you with more 
information - such as which distribution you're using.

Cheers,
Mike