I just created a new user on my server, but I only want this user to have access to var/www/ and all the files/folders inside that.
They should be able to access no other files on the server except those.
How would I do this?
Thanks!
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Try to chroot that user to that directory. I can't give examples right now, but restricting to one directory does call for chroot. – DaDaDom Apr 28 '10 at 12:23
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@DaDaDom if you do that, the user won't be able to execute anything, as there would be no /usr/bin, etc. – chmeee Apr 28 '10 at 12:51
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@Michael why don't you tell us why you wan't to do that? – chmeee Apr 28 '10 at 12:52
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well, I made a new user so the user can access the server via SFTP. I don't want him having access to the entire server, just var/www/. – Apr 28 '10 at 12:59
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The recommended way to do this is with SSH's recently added ChrootDirectory feature:
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