Hi there

I am trying to set up backups for different users. In sshd_config I want to enter

Match User user1
ChrootDirectory /home/user1
AllowTCPForwarding no
X11Forwarding no
ForceCommand internal-sftp

however the permissions on the user1 folder need to be changed somehow. If I enter

Match User user1
ChrootDirectory /home/
AllowTCPForwarding no
X11Forwarding no
ForceCommand internal-sftp

then it works, but the user can see who else is in the home directory, which I don't want.

How would I go about changing the permissions for the user1 home directory so that this would work in the top example?

Change the subsystem location on /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Now force root to be owner of it
and rest you know
Restart sshd and try again.

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eklavya you are amazing. when I first did it I was unable to copy to that folder so I changed the permissions to 777. Its working well now, I can sftp to the home directory and the user can't ssh into the vm, or see any of the parent directories!

Ok I am having another problem with this, if I use

then the user will be able to connect but not write, and if I use
then I am able to write but not connect. I tested this by setting it to 755, connecting, and then changing to 777 to write. If I disconnect after changing to 777 then I am unable to connect again.

Read this once (last post by onggie). It is for ubuntu but concept is same.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/28089...p-denies-login