Setting up sftp access to a part of my home dir, don't have root permissions

frankie_DJ · 02-05-2007, 10:45 PM

Hi everyone,

This is the problem:

I have an account on a server. Another person (lets call him Georgie) has an account on the same server. Neither of us has root permissions. I would like to allow Georgie to download files *only* from one directory inside of my home directory (through sftp, scp or some other way). In other words, I want to set up so that Georgie can download files from /home/me/some_dir, but otherwise has no access to /home/me. Is this possible and in what way?

Thanks for your help.

chort · 02-06-2007, 01:31 AM

Yes.

/home/me = 751
/home/me/some_dir = 755

Everything else in /home/me should be 750.

frankie_DJ · 02-06-2007, 03:02 AM

OK, but then we have to share a password, right? That probably wouldn't work long term.

I don't really need the other user to have a shell and browse the files, I just want him to be able to download it.

Quigi · 02-06-2007, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by frankie_DJ

OK, but then we have to share a password, right?

No. You use yours, he uses his. Chort made /home/me/some_dir world readable.

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I don't really need the other user to have a shell and browse the files.

He does need an account so he can ssh in (sftp and scp ride on ssh).

Maybe he could be given a restricted "shell" that doesn't allow him to browse files (or do much of anything). But normally only root can change any user's shell.