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How to give a user access to only HOME Dictionary?

Posted September 23, 2014 6.5k views

Hello guys,

I need help, I want the user to only have access to Home Dictionary and nothing else?
Can someone give me simple step by step on how to do this?

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TonyTsang September 24, 2014

If only sftp it is easier, just allow sftp only access & chroot to a new directory
https://bensmann.no/restrict-sftp-users-to-home-folder/

If you want to allow ssh access, you need to create a chroot jail, more complicated.
http://allanfeid.com/content/creating-chroot-jail-ssh-access

P.S. The chroot directory must be owned by root and not writable other than root

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