Date: 2004Oct16 OS: Linux Q. How do I keep sftp users in their home directory? A. Use rssh. (restricted shell) - Install the package the usual way: "dnf install rssh" - You'll also want to download (but not install) the source in /usr/local/src/rssh-VERSION - Make a jail directory:

mkdir /usr/local/jail

- Modify the user to use rssh and the jail directory. So an example /etc/passwd entry would be:

sftpguy:x:818:821::/usr/local/jail/home/sftpguy:/usr/bin/rssh

- Modify /etc/rssh.conf (the configuration file) - Uncomment this line:

allowsftp

- Set the following:

chrootpath = /usr/local/jail

- Make the jail.

sh /usr/local/src/rssh-VERSION/mkchroot.sh /usr/local/jail

- Make the user's home directories:

mkdir /usr/local/jail/home mkdir /usr/local/jail/home/sftpguy chown -R sftpguy.sftpguy /usr/local/home/sftpguy

- That's it (Probably a virtual ftp user is better)