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

  • From: sridharinfinity@xxxxxxxxx (Sridhar R)
  • Date: Wed Jul 7 20:15:55 2004

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:50:04 +0545, Prasanna David <pdavid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sridhar R wrote:

I installed (debian) vsftpd, but I can't connect to it from outside (SFTP).


I thought you need just sshd (and not ftpd) running for sftp or scp and
"Subsystem" option set appropriately in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (for sftp).
  Correct me if I am wrong.
  
  That's OK.  But the problem is in allowing users to use scp (thereby
sshd) but without giving them the shell.



Prasanna David




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