Instead, might the use of SCP (instead of sftp subsystem) and a limited shell be able to achieve your goal? I found this when googling for "limited shell": http://lshell.ghantoos.org/ Look at the "Use case". There's also rbash, but on first glance lshell looks quite promising. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos