[Ilugc] allowing users to use scp or sftp without giving them shell access

  • From: sridharinfinity@xxxxxxxxx (Sridhar R)
  • Date: Tue Jul 6 18:03:29 2004

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 05:11:58 -0700, Suraj <suraj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sridhar R wrote:
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| We have about 500 users.  And  we are planning to replace FTP with SCP
| (or SFTP).  To deny shell access  I used to create a /etc/nologin file
| *or* change the  shell of all users to  /bin/false.  This doesn't work
| when I want them to use SCP (which uses SSH in turns needs shell).
`----

Can't you put them in a chroot jail?

  Is there any other solution? 


cheers,

  -Suraj

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