[ale] sftp in Cygwin

Brian Pitts bpitts at learnlink.emory.edu
Thu Feb 22 01:51:32 EST 2007


Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
>
> I am running Openssh/sftp using Cygwin on Windows 2003.  I would like for
> users to not be able to get out of their home directories.  The home
> directories are in the Windows environment.  In ssh, a user cannot leave
> his/her home directory, but in sftp it is possible to do so.   Does 
> anyone
> know how to set some parameters so that in sftp a user cannot leave the
> home directory? 

If the users only need sftp a chroot jail and scponly should be an answer.

http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/index.php/Scponly_cygwin_tutorial

I'd love to learn if there's something simpler than this.

-Brian



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