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how to create an account to use sftp only

 
Kgreen
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‎03-07-2007 04:33 AM

‎03-07-2007 04:33 AM

how to create an account to use sftp only

Hi,

I wanted to know how do I create an account to use only sftp to transfer files with a password. If someone can provide the steps how to create the user should be helpful.


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Court Campbell
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‎03-07-2007 04:41 AM

‎03-07-2007 04:41 AM

Re: how to create an account to use sftp only

take a look at this doc:

http://docs.hp.com/en/T1471-90011/ch01s12.html

there is a section on chroot'ed users ans sftp
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Steven E. Protter
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‎03-07-2007 05:11 AM

‎03-07-2007 05:11 AM

Re: how to create an account to use sftp only

Shalom,

If you want to limit an account to file transfers only, add the account normally but use a shell that does not permit logins. /usr/bin/false or nologin in the shell field of /etc/passwd

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