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How to make sftp user not have access to hidden files?

Posted April 15, 2018 1.6k

Security Ubuntu 16.04

How to make sftp user not have access to hidden files?

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Woet April 15, 2018

Hidden files don’t have special permissions, use chmod/chown just like any regular file or dir.

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