Eriberto, If your filesystem supports it you can use the extended attribute immutable: chattr +i .htaccess So nobody should be able to modify the file. Seb Eriberto wrote: > Hi all, > > I made a jail using sftp-internal (Debian Lenny 5.0.3 / OpenSSH > 5.1p1). I followed the steps found at > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/590 and it is working > fine. But I have a little problem. I am using this process to give > access to users put files in directories into /var/www (Apache) and > each directory has a .htaccess to force a password to access from a > browser. > > My problem is: the jail user can delete the .htaccess file and I need > to prevent it. But, in jail, the user has root power. > > Final question: how to make to protect a file in a jail made using > internal-sftp? > > Thanks a lot in advanced. > > Regards, > > Eriberto - Brazil >