SSH keys are long and complex than a password, lot more complex. Due to some of these reasons, using ssh key is a lot more secure than using a password. In this article, we’ll see how we can configure ssh keys for sftp users. If you do not have SFTP server running, have a look…
In the previous article, we looked upon how we can restrict the access of sftp user to their home directory. In this article, we’ll restrict their access to another directory which is not their home directory. This process is pretty much same. Note: I’ll be using Centos 7 in the tutorial but commands and processes…
In these two articles, we’ll take a look at two possible ways to restrict Linux users to their own directory. Recently, I had to setup a SFTP server for regular backup of some data. This article contains the same steps and explanation. By restricting users to specified directory (such as their home directory) by using…