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ssh-chrootmgr(1)


NAME

  ssh-chrootmgr - Sets up chroot-ready environment for users


SYNOPSIS

  ssh-chrootmgr [-h | -? | --help] [-n] [-q] [-v] [username]


OPTIONS

  -h, -?, or --help
      Displays help.

  -n  Displays what would happen but does not actually do any copies.
      Particularly useful with the -v option.

  -q  Displays errors.

  -v  Displays verbose information.


DESCRIPTION

  You use the ssh-chrootmgr command when you want the sshd daemon and the
  sftp-server to enforce use of the ChRootUsers or ChRootGroups keywords in
  the sshd2_config file. Using the ChRoot{Users,Groups} keywords allows you
  to restrict users to his or her own home directory.

  The ssh-chrootmgr command tries to identify the specified user's home
  directory from the /etc/passwd file. You can supply more than one username,
  in which case all these accounts are processed.  The ssh-chrootmgr command
  creates a bin directory if it does not exist under the user's home
  directory. It then copies ssh-dummy-shell and sftp-server2 to this
  directory and makes a symbolic link sftp-server in that directory to point
  to the sftp-server2 binary.

  After you enter the ssh-chrootmgr command:

   1.  Add the user names to the ChRootUsers keyword and group names to the
       ChRootGroups keyword in the sshd2_config file.

   2.  Change the users' shell to /bin/ssh-dummy-shell in the /etc/passwd
       file. After the chroot operation, the /bin directory is the bin
       directory in the user's home directory, from the user's perspective.


LEGAL NOTICES

  SSH is a registered trademark of SSH Communication Security Ltd.


SEE ALSO

  Commands: ssh2(1) sshd2(8)

  Files: sshd2_config(4)

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