Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:27:10 +0100 From: martin hudec <corwin@aeternal.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chroot-ing users coming in via SSH and/or SFTP? Message-ID: <20041220212710.GA678@pleiades.aeternal.net> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20041220142255.06260ca0@localhost> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041220142255.06260ca0@localhost>
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Hello,
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 02:23:02PM -0700 or thereabouts, Brett Glass wrote:
> The users depositing files on the server shouldn't be allowed to see what
> one another are doing or to grope around on the system, so it'd be a good
> idea to chroot them into home directories, as is commonly done with FTP.
>=20
> However, OpenSSH (or at least FreeBSD's version of it) doesn't seem to ha=
ve a
> mechanism that allows users doing SSH, SCP, or SFTP to be chroot-ed into =
a=20
> specific directory. What is the most effective and elegant way to do this=
? I've=20
> seen some crude patches that allow you to put a /. in the home directory =
specified
> in /etc/passwd, but these are specific to versions of the "portable" Open=
SSH
> and none of the diffs seem to match FreeBSD's files exactly.=20
go for /usr/ports/shells/scponly, it also has ability to use
chroot.
Cheers,
Martin
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