Can sftp into root account, but not created user?

ashamanmiller · 02-03-2012, 01:21 PM

^ I was following the FTP section verbatim in the guide I posted, so...

grim76 · 02-03-2012, 01:39 PM

Ok then you are talking about 2 different things..... Are you talking about proftpd or SFTP? They are not the same thing and should not be substituted for each other.

ashamanmiller · 02-03-2012, 02:19 PM

I was just following the directions from the guide I posted verbatim.

ashamanmiller · 02-03-2012, 02:20 PM

I don't know why that just posted twice. Anyway, I've been using SFTP. I guess I wasn't paying to close of attention, then. So, what do I need to do? Thanks!

grim76 · 02-03-2012, 09:19 PM

Like I said previously. I don't think you can use SFTP with /bin/false. I am pretty sure that if you change the shell to something other than /bin/false that SFTP should work.

Keep in mind that FTP, and FTPS are different than SFTP. SFTP is a subsystem of SSH and therefore has to follow the rules of SSH.

What that guide appears to be trying to do is to setup FTP users not SFTP users.

ashamanmiller · 02-04-2012, 11:04 AM

Great, I'm getting somewhere! Yay! So, what should I change bin/false to? Maybe I should remove it completely?

grim76 · 02-04-2012, 11:05 AM

You should change it to an appropriate shell. /bin/bash etc...

ashamanmiller · 02-04-2012, 11:21 AM

Then, using sftp, what file would I edit to jail the users in their home directory I created? Thanks!

grim76 · 02-04-2012, 11:51 AM

I have not done SFTP chroot on your linux distribution. http://www.dkpw.co.uk/wp/?p=3428 appears to give solid information on this topic.

I have only done SFTP chroot on RHEL and equivalent systems so hopefully this link will work for you.