using RSSH to restrict shell access to SFTP account..

June 4, 2013 9.3k views
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I'm trying to create an account that doesn't have shell access to the server and can be used solely for transferring files via ftp. I've been in chat and they recommended RSSH... i've installed this and ran the following commands: useradd test passwd test usermod -s /usr/bin/rssh test now when i login to shell it says: Last login: Tue Jun 4 20:48:39 2013 from 86.19.166.224 /usr/bin/rssh: Permission denied Connection to 198.211.124.93 closed. So i've logged back in as root, edited the config file: vi /etc/rssh.conf, uncommented allowsftp, saved the file... When i try to login using my SFTP client (Transmit) i'm getting: The user name or password was not accepted by the server. Where have i gone wrong?
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pablo June 7, 2013
Have you followed the steps outlined in these posts?:

1.) https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-launch-your-site-on-a-new-ubuntu-12-04-server-with-lamp-sftp-and-dns

2.) https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04

3.) https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-on-centos-6--2
How To Set Up vsftpd on CentOS 6
by Etel Sverdlov
Vsftpd is a fast and secure FTP server. Installing an FTP server can assist you with uploading files to your droplet. This tutorial describes how to install and set up vsftpd on CentOS 6.
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unione June 17, 2016

Try adding the user to the rsshusers group:

usermod -a -G rsshusers username
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