How do I chroot a user?

reeseslover531 · 10-20-2006, 07:50 AM

I was wondering how I would chroot a User? I am using FC5 and I want to give my friend and ftp account, but need to make sure he is chrooted to his directory. How would I do this?

aus9 · 10-20-2006, 08:13 AM

umm do you mean, you want a friend on external network to shh into your server but not have access to getting root access?

if so edit your /etc/ssh/shhd-config to disallow root

and lots or reading on security but here is basic
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Securing_ssh

reeseslover531 · 10-22-2006, 07:12 AM

this is what I want. I want my friend to log in as his user, and it goes to /home/user. Then, he can only stay in that /home/user folder. He can go to anything within that folder, but can't move up out of the /home/user folder. IS that possible?

sn68 · 10-22-2006, 08:08 AM

Isn't that the default behaviour?
By default things are exactly as you want them to be..

Matir · 10-22-2006, 09:04 AM

Take a look at: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openssh-chroot

nayyares · 10-22-2006, 01:12 PM

Hi,
you have to just add those users in your system and make the home directoy you want to use by them and rest is the default behavior, thanks

Matir · 10-22-2006, 01:15 PM

@nayyares: I don't believe SSH chroots by default. If so, how is the environment set up with all the executables and libraries they'd need? Every user would need a copy in /home/<user>/

~=gr3p=~ · 10-22-2006, 01:49 PM

use rssh that way no patching required for openssh..u may follow a thread posted by me..

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=488493