Lock down CYGWIN SSH User to single directory.

[JMCColorado]

René Berber <r.berber <at> computer.org> writes:

> 
> JMCColorado wrote:
> 
> > Is there any way to only allow a user SSH access to a single directory tree?
> > I need to lock the user out of EVERYTHING else.
> 
> You need something like this:
> 
>   http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/index.html#intro
> 
> It hasn't been tested under the Cygwin environment and it's not trivial to 
install.
> 
> Another option is to use a patched sshd that suports 'ChrootGroups' or
> 'ChrootUsers', there is:
> 
>   http://chrootssh.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Since chroot is part of the Cygwin's coreutils package, it may work.
> 
> I haven't used any of these, nor do I need it (so far), but it would be
> interesting to hear if anyone had any success with this.
> 
> HTH


I have heard that CHRoot might work, but I have also heard that it still allows 
someone to SCP outside of where they can SSH to.

I need to ensure that the user can't get anywhere but the one directory I want 
them to have access to. Unfortunately, with Windows giving "Everyone" access to 
just about everything, this seems very difficult to do.

Any more ideas?

Thanks for everyones input!

- Josh


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