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[Duston, Hal]

David, InfoKwik Internet Solutions wrote:
> 
> Before I start thanks to KCLUG for all the help....
> 
> I have a user "testuser" with a home folder setup on 
> a second drive in my system, I am also running SSH server. 
> I would like to know if there is a way when "testuser" logs 
> in via ssh or sftp to lock that user into the folder I
> setup for them and not allow them to traverse any where 
> outside of that folder. Maybe this is not even possible. I 
> would appreciate any help or pointers to sites with this info 
> on them.

You probably want a "restricted" shell.  I know that ksh 
and bash provide this with the "-r" option.  You need to 
also be cautious about building the path that user has.
Quite a bit of effort, but also quite feasible.  I'm not 
certain that will cure sftp, but most likely will work
for ssh.

Hal