ssh - restricted shell

[Roland Smith]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 04:02:39PM -0500, Duane Winner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does anybody know the best technique to accomplish this:
> 
> We have a server that we use for mostly internal development, and run an 
> SSH server.
> 
> We have an outsider who we want to allow to ssh into this server and do 
> some work.
> 
> However, because he is an outsider, we don't want him roaming around our 
> server, moving, looking, doing, or anything outside of his own home 
> directory.
> 
> How can I restrict him to his own home directory?

You could try using 'bash -r' as the shell for this user. The -r option
puts bash in "restricted" mode. See bash(1).

Roland
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