Export the directory through NFS. Then have your other users mount the NFS directory within their own chrooted environment. Or configure all the users to use the same home directory /Whatever/Drop , but they would have to have the same keys. But you would still be able to log who uploaded what by their usernames. Chris From: Jon Price <jonelwoodprice@xxxxxxxxx> To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 02/09/2010 06:42 PM Subject: chroot and access to directory OTHER than user's home directory..... Sent by: listbounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi, I need to allow multiple users (users connecting from different machines) access to a box so they can all drop (via sftp) files in a common drop area, say /Whatever/Drop. If I use OpenSSH with chroot and a single account "dropaccount", then all users can access that account via sftp given the appropriate setup (sshd_config, public keys and such). The /Whatever/Drop directory is owned by a different account name. That can't change. How can I allow these users to access the /Whatever/Drop directory? Thought maybe a symbolic link from the dropaccount's home directory over to /Whatever/Drop might work, but it doesn't (and maybe for good reason). But how can this be done? Also, I think the issue is the same even if there is just one user accessing the box this way, ie. the multiple users might just confuse things here. So could consider just a single user with these requirements. Thanks
