Restricted SFTP access to server for one user

[Martin Hudec]

Hello Ashley,

Ashley Moran wrote:
> I don't want to install an FTP program, and we 
> don't use password authentication for SSH, so I'm going to tell him to create 
> a key pair and send us his public key.

Maybe for the client, it would be better to use also password based 
authentication, ask him - he is the client and he should define what he 
wants.

> I can remove his login shell, but how do I restrict him to only view his home 
> directory over SFTP?

I think that shells/scponly should have chroot ability for their users.


Cheers,
Martin