Limiting a user to scp and not ssh

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Author: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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Subject: Limiting a user to scp and not ssh
How about this:
    - Set the user's shell to /bin/false
    - Edit your sshd.conf file to allow logins without a valid shell


The results should allow you to run scp to copy files, but when ssh is run,
it will start /bin/false as the default shell -- thereby immediately logging
you out again.

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Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate

http://tank.webhop.org

On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 01:34:50PM -0700, Bill Warner wrote:
> I didn't think you needed to have a valid shell to run scp.
>
> sorry
>
> Bill W
>
> On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 09:57, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > Uhhh... but I want them to be able to scp to my box. If I set their
> > shell to /bin/false, they can't scp in.
> >
> >
> > On 20 Jun 2002, Bill Warner wrote:
> >
> > > Your probably better off just setting there shell to /bin/false in
> > > /etc/passwd.
> > >
> > > If there is every any kind of security hole in scp that someone could
> > > exploit they could get in to your box with your current setup.
> >
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