Simon Krenger

When using a server with multiple external users, one thing that regularly comes up is that users want to access a folder on the server, such as the root folder for a webserver. This way every user can manage their files and upload new content. This can be achieved securely with SFTP, which uses the SSH protocol for file transfers.

In this article, I provide a simple script to create new users with minimal preparation and all correct settings. The text is based on the following article on debian-administration.org: OpenSSH SFTP chroot() with ChrootDirectory.