Setting up a chrooted sftponly system for users in a specific group
Resource followed - https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-sftp-with-a-chroot-jail/
Other options that look ok - https://www.tecmint.com/restrict-sftp-user-home-directories-using-chroot/ and https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-set-up-sftp-chroot-jail/
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Command in the video
1 clear
2 sudo groupadd sftponly
3 sudo useradd -g sftponly -s /bin/false -m -d /home/mysftpuser mysftpuser
4 man useradd
5 sudo passwd mysftpuser
6 sudo chown root: /home/mysftpuser
7 sudo chmod 755 /home/mysftpuser/
8 sudo ls -l /home
9 sudo mkdir /home/mysftpuser/ftpup
10 sudo mkdir /home/mysftpuser/ftpdown
11 set -o vi
12 sudo chmod 755 /home/mysftpuser/ftp*
13 sudo chown mysftpuser:sftponly /home/mysftpuser/ftp*
14 sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
15 sudo systemctl restart sshd.service
16 sudo su -
17 history
-As root I copied ec2-user .ssh over and changed things... Commands not shown
18 sudo chown root:sftponly /home/mysftpuser/.ssh
19 sudo chmod 750 /home/mysftpuser/.ssh
20 sudo chown mysftpuser:sftponly /home/mysftpuser/.ssh/authorized_keys
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