Setting up SFTP server

Ph0eniX · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: Setting up SFTP server

I'm setting up an SFTP server and I don't want the users to be able to list contents of any other directory but their own. I set the permissions on each user's dir to 700 which prevents them from accessing each other's directories but they can still navigate to the top dirs. How would I go about fixing that? Do I implement chroot and if so, how?

Thanks in advance!

bemis · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:13 am Post subject:

check out these links:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_chroot_login
http://www.howtoforge.com/chrooted_ssh_howto_debian
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=128206

it's actually a pretty straightforward process - and a good practice - good luck.
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Ph0eniX · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the links. Is chrooting the recommended way of doing this? ...Do I need to worry if I don't use chroot'ed environment?