Re: Setting home directory for OpenSSH logins

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/26/04

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    Truth Monopoly wrote:
    > I would like to assign special home directories for individual users
    > and cannot find any documentation that explains how to do this.
    > Basically, I'm not wanting remote users to be dropped into the
    > OpenSSH software installation directory. I can set permisions to
    > read only but it would seem so much more sensible to drop them into
    > their own personal directory.
    >
    > Thanks in advance

    You're stuck with some of that, there's no good way around it.

    You *can* create chroot cages to keep them aware from the rest of the
    system, such as the the ones at sourceforge.net. Or, if all you want is file
    transfer and not SSH login sessions, you can set up WebDAV with SSL running
    on Apache, which I highly recommend as a lighter weight and more integrated
    solution for Windows users (who can then sort-of-mount the directory for cut
    and paste file transfers in their "Network Neighborhood"), or Mac and UNIX
    users (who can use the DAVexplorer graphical client) or the Linux users (who
    can use Konqueror, which supports this directly).

    I keep harping on this one because it works. SSH is very cool, but the
    remote login capability it is built for is not appropriate if all you need
    is the ability to do file transfers safely.

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