[K12OSN] Setting directory or chrooting for sftp users?

[Dimitri Yioulos]

On Thursday March 02 2006 2:57 pm, john wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We we're working on a LAMP based web server. We have several teachers
> who maintain their own webpages. I am looking for a way to have them
> login via SFTP but show up in their web directory rather than in
> /home.
>
>  Is their a place in ssh_config or their bash profile that I can
> control their starting directory. Would it be difficult to chroot them
> into /var/www/html/their_directory?
>
> Your sage advice would be very much appreciated.
>
> John
>
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There are chroot patches for OpenSSH.  rssh also support chroot.  Finally, 
there are apps like jail, pam_chroot, and chrootjail.

HTH.

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