[Ilugc] allowing users to use scp or sftp without giving them shell access

Sridhar R sridharinfinity at gmail.com
Wed Jul 7 20:17:44 IST 2004


On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:50:04 +0545, Prasanna David <pdavid at ntc.net.np> wrote:
> Sridhar R wrote:
> >
> > I installed (debian) vsftpd, but I can't connect to it from outside (SFTP).
> >
> 
> I thought you need just sshd (and not ftpd) running for sftp or scp and
> "Subsystem" option set appropriately in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (for sftp).
>   Correct me if I am wrong.
  
  That's OK.  But the problem is in allowing users to use scp (thereby
sshd) but without giving them the shell.


> 
> Prasanna David
> 
> 


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