Help with new SFTP server config.

Chris_26 · 03-01-2013, 01:52 PM

Hi I am tasked with setting up a secure SFTP server. I was wondering if anyone can offer some help and recommendations on the best Distro and software combination to accomplish this.

I have limited experience with Linux, so if anyone could point me in the right direction with any guides or information I would appreciate it.

Thanks very much for your help!
Chris Parsons

a31amit · 03-02-2013, 06:52 AM

If you're new to linux, I would suggest to you to go with CentOS 5 or 6 Linux Distribution.

And for configuring SFTP ( it's easy), you can follow below mentioned URL :

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/03/chroot-sftp-setup/

Chris_26 · 03-02-2013, 11:35 AM

Thanks a31amit,
That' is exactly the functionality I was looking for. I need to be absolutely certain that each user will be locked into their own folder, and will only be able to see information meant for them.