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Old 10-14-2008, 08:59 AM   #1
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how to create sftp user only in red hat 4 not ftp user ..only sftp user

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Old 10-14-2008, 09:10 AM   #2
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Simply don't run ftp... if it's not running you certainly can't connect to it.

heres some how-to's for setting up a couple ftp daemons with virtual users, the virtual users would only have access to the sftp and nothing else on the system.


http://www.howtoforge.com/vsftpd_mysql_debian_etch
http://wiki.vpslink.com/Configuring_..._(TLS/SSL/SFTP)

http://howtoforge.org/proftpd_mysql_...ng_debian_etch
http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_tls.html
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