Restricting SSH access to only a users home directory.....

[shrikant at corp.123india.com]

Hello,

 Here is a method whihc i followed ,
http://www.tjw.org/chroot-login-HOWTO/

  This one is for linux 

  I made the dummy structure for the user as per freeBSD architect 

  but all atlast gave me an error  
  "su: /bin/userchroot: No such file or directory"  when i tired to login by that user


Shri
On 24 Nov 2003 09:20:21 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> 
> "Sunil Sunder Raj" <unixtools at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > This depends on the shell not ssh configuration. Install rbash and
> > assign it to the user having ssh access.
> 
> Just remember that "restricted" shells like rbash are not very hard to
> break out of, so you can't rely on them as a security measure.  It's a
> good way to go if you're mostly trying to avoid confusing the user in
> question, or as a protection against shooting yourself in the foot.