You can do a chrooted enviroment (see above) And start de sshd witch chroot <path of chrooted envirment> /sbin/sshd -f /etc/sshd_config
Also you can specify the shell of the users in /etc/passwd as /sbin/sftp-server if you only want to allow this users do a sftp. Regards, .: total 36 drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jun 3 13:43 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:13 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:16 dev/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:35 etc/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:13 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:35 sbin/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:32 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:16 usr/ ./bin: total 8368 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:13 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 109855 Jun 3 13:45 a2p* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 387764 Jun 3 13:45 bash* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36365 Jun 3 13:45 c2ph* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20629 Jun 3 13:45 dprofpp* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6956 Jun 3 13:46 env* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 158116 Jun 3 13:45 fax2ps* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 104008 Jun 3 13:45 faxalter* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89340 Jun 3 13:45 faxcover* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 441584 Jun 3 13:45 faxmail* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 96036 Jun 3 13:45 faxrm* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 107000 Jun 3 13:45 faxstat* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 77832 Jun 4 11:46 grep* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19597 Jun 3 13:45 h2ph* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 46979 Jun 3 13:45 h2xs* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10420 Jun 3 13:46 id* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4528 Jun 3 13:46 ldd* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111386 Jun 4 11:46 less* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 26168 Jun 3 13:45 login* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49164 Jun 3 13:45 ls* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11600 Jun 3 13:45 mkdir* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24780 Jun 3 13:45 more* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154980 Jun 3 13:45 pal2rgb* -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 27920 Jun 3 13:46 passwd* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4241 Jun 3 13:45 pl2pm* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2350 Jun 3 13:45 pod2html* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7875 Jun 3 13:45 pod2latex* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17587 Jun 3 13:45 pod2man* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6877 Jun 3 13:45 pod2text* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3300 Jun 3 13:45 pod2usage* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3341 Jun 3 13:45 podchecker* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2483 Jun 3 13:45 podselect* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 82412 Jun 4 11:46 ps* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36365 Jun 3 13:45 pstruct* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7120 Jun 3 13:45 pwd* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179884 Jun 3 13:45 rgb2ycbcr* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20532 Jun 3 13:45 rm* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6720 Jun 4 10:15 rmdir* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14705 Jun 3 13:45 s2p* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28764 Jun 3 13:46 scp* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 385000 Jun 3 13:45 sendfax* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 67548 Jun 3 13:45 sendpage* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88632 Jun 3 13:46 sftp* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 387764 Jun 3 13:45 sh* -rws--x--x 1 root root 744500 Jun 3 13:46 slogin* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14523 Jun 3 13:46 splain* -rws--x--x 1 root root 744500 Jun 3 13:46 ssh* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 570960 Jun 3 13:46 ssh-add* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 502952 Jun 3 13:46 ssh-agent* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 575740 Jun 3 13:46 ssh-keygen* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 383480 Jun 3 13:46 ssh-keyscan* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_europa* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 107252 Jun 4 10:14 strace* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8323 Jun 4 10:14 strace-graph* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 158088 Jun 3 13:46 thumbnail* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6312 Jun 3 13:46 tty* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55904 Jun 4 11:46 useradd* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 585656 Jun 4 11:47 vi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6444 Jun 4 11:45 whoami* ./dev: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:16 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 9 Jun 3 13:43 urandom ./etc: total 208 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:35 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 4 11:46 .pwd.lock -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653 Jun 3 13:46 group -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 Jun 4 11:33 host.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 857 Jun 4 12:04 hosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1050 Jun 4 11:29 ld.so.cache -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 304 Jun 4 11:28 ld.so.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235 Jun 4 11:27 ld.so.conf~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88039 Jun 3 13:46 moduli -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342 Jun 4 11:34 nsswitch.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:02 pam.d/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 Jun 4 12:00 pam_smb.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2520 Jun 4 11:57 passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7228 Jun 3 13:48 profile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1339 Jun 4 11:33 protocols -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 274 Jun 4 11:44 resolv.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 3 13:43 security/ -rw-r----- 1 root root 1178 Jun 4 11:51 shadow -rw------- 1 root root 80 Jun 4 11:45 shadow- -rw-r----- 1 root root 1178 Jun 4 11:48 shadow.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 Jun 3 13:46 shells -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1144 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_config -rw------- 1 root root 668 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_host_dsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 602 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_host_dsa_key.pub -rw------- 1 root root 527 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_host_key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 331 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_host_key.pub -rw------- 1 root root 883 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_host_rsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 222 Jun 3 13:46 ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2471 Jun 4 12:15 sshd_config ./etc/pam.d: total 24 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:02 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:35 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jun 4 12:02 other -> sshd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 318 Jun 3 13:46 passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 546 Jun 4 11:36 ssh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 479 Jun 4 12:02 sshd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 370 Jun 3 13:46 su ./etc/security: total 32 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 3 13:43 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:35 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1971 Jun 3 13:46 access.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184 Jun 3 13:46 chroot.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2145 Jun 3 13:46 group.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1356 Jun 3 13:46 limits.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2858 Jun 3 13:46 pam_env.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2154 Jun 3 13:46 time.conf ./lib: total 8316 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:13 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Jun 4 11:51 cracklib_dict.hwm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 214324 Jun 4 11:51 cracklib_dict.pwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11360 Jun 4 11:51 cracklib_dict.pwi -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 342427 Jun 3 13:46 ld-linux.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4061504 Jun 3 13:46 libc.so.6* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun 4 12:11 libcrack.so -> libcrack.so.2.7* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun 4 12:11 libcrack.so.2 -> libcrack.so.2.7* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33291 Jun 4 11:39 libcrack.so.2.7* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60988 Jun 3 13:46 libcrypt.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 71846 Jun 3 13:46 libdl.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27762 Jun 3 13:46 libhistory.so.4.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 4 12:12 libncurses.so.4 -> libncurses.so.4.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 503903 Jun 3 13:46 libncurses.so.4.2* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 4 12:12 libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 549429 Jun 3 13:46 libncurses.so.5.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 369801 Jun 3 13:46 libnsl.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142563 Jun 4 11:49 libnss_compat.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 215569 Jun 4 11:49 libnss_compat.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 61648 Jun 4 11:34 libnss_dns.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 63453 Jun 4 11:34 libnss_dns.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 63782 Jun 4 11:34 libnss_dns6.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 205715 Jun 3 13:46 libnss_files.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 235932 Jun 3 13:49 libnss_files.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 204383 Jun 4 11:33 libnss_nis.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 254023 Jun 4 11:33 libnss_nis.so.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 256465 Jun 4 11:33 libnss_nisplus.so.2* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 4 12:12 libpam.so.0 -> libpam.so.0.72* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31449 Jun 3 13:46 libpam.so.0.72* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jun 4 12:12 libpam_misc.so.0 -> libpam_misc.so.0.72* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8125 Jun 3 13:46 libpam_misc.so.0.72* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun 4 12:12 libpamc.so.0 -> libpamc.so.0.72* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10499 Jun 3 13:46 libpamc.so.0.72* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 176427 Jun 3 13:46 libreadline.so.4.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44729 Jun 3 13:46 libutil.so.1* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 70254 Jun 3 13:46 libz.a* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 4 12:13 libz.so -> libz.so.1.1.3* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 4 12:13 libz.so.1 -> libz.so.1.1.3* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 63312 Jun 3 13:46 libz.so.1.1.3* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:00 security/ ./lib/security: total 668 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:00 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:13 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10067 Jun 3 13:46 pam_access.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8300 Jun 3 13:46 pam_chroot.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14397 Jun 3 13:46 pam_cracklib.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5082 Jun 3 13:46 pam_deny.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13153 Jun 3 13:46 pam_env.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13371 Jun 3 13:46 pam_filter.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7957 Jun 3 13:46 pam_ftp.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12771 Jun 3 13:46 pam_group.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10174 Jun 3 13:46 pam_issue.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9774 Jun 3 13:46 pam_lastlog.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13591 Jun 3 13:46 pam_limits.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11268 Jun 3 13:46 pam_listfile.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11182 Jun 3 13:46 pam_mail.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5923 Jun 3 13:46 pam_nologin.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5460 Jun 3 13:46 pam_permit.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18226 Jun 3 13:46 pam_pwcheck.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12590 Jun 3 13:46 pam_rhosts_auth.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5551 Jun 3 13:46 pam_rootok.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7239 Jun 3 13:46 pam_securetty.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6551 Jun 3 13:46 pam_shells.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55925 Jun 4 12:00 pam_smb_auth.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12678 Jun 3 13:46 pam_stress.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11170 Jun 3 13:46 pam_tally.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11124 Jun 3 13:46 pam_time.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45703 Jun 3 13:46 pam_unix.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45703 Jun 3 13:46 pam_unix2.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45386 Jun 3 13:46 pam_unix_acct.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45386 Jun 3 13:46 pam_unix_auth.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45386 Jun 3 13:46 pam_unix_passwd.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45386 Jun 3 13:46 pam_unix_session.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9726 Jun 3 13:46 pam_userdb.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6424 Jun 3 13:46 pam_warn.so* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7460 Jun 3 13:46 pam_wheel.so* ./sbin: total 3132 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:35 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178256 Jun 3 13:46 choptest* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 184032 Jun 3 13:46 cqtest* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 81096 Jun 3 13:46 dialtest* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1142128 Jun 4 11:28 ldconfig* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2868 Jun 3 13:46 lockname* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3340 Jun 3 13:46 ondelay* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 376796 Jun 3 13:46 pagesend* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13950 Jun 3 13:46 probemodem* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9234 Jun 3 13:46 recvstats* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64480 Jun 3 13:46 sftp-server* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 744412 Jun 3 13:46 sshd* -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 30750 Jun 4 11:46 su* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 194632 Jun 3 13:46 tagtest* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 69892 Jun 3 13:46 tsitest* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43792 Jun 3 13:46 typetest* ./tmp: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:32 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ ./usr: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 12:16 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jun 5 10:05 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 4 12:14 bin -> ../bin// lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 4 11:33 lib -> ../lib// lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 4 12:13 sbin -> ../sbin// _________________________ CLUSTER COMPETITIVENESS José Luis Ledesma Technology Park Valles 08290 Barcelona - Spain http://www.clustercom.com Tel.: +34 93 582 02 90 Fax: +34 93 582 01 59 -----Original Message----- From: Renato Lozano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: martes, 04 de junio de 2002 2:40 To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: secure file transfer Hi All, I am trying to implement a way of transfering files securely over the Internet using sftp which is part of the ssh2 protocol. A down side of implementing this is that users logging on can browse the whole filesystem. I have done some research and found a way to chroot users so they won't be able to browse the filesystem (http://chrootssh.sourceforge.net/). Can someone please suggest if there are any other ways of implementing a secure file transfer without patching sshd ??? Nato -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]