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I need to setup my Centos 5.4 server for SFTP with chrooted access only (or equivalent). The regular solution using RSSH find here : http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-rssh-chroot-jail-setup.html seems over-killing to me if we want to manage multiple users...

I found the project MySecureShell which seems a lot simpler to install and to maintain.

Is it a good solution? Is there something better?

Thanks!!

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I looked at scponly, rssh and various other solutions involving complex configuration and chroot jails, but I found MySecureShell to be easy to configure and able to provide exactly what I needed.

It's the only shell I found that could let me hide files based on Regular Expressions. That way I can show different users different views of the same file tree.
Along with a properly configured WinSCP client, it give remote users access to their files in a well integrated and familiar environment, almost just as if they were connecting to a local file server.

Now, there are no installation packages for RedHat/CentOS, which is a shame, but installing from source is trivial. You lose the benefit of automated updates though.

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I think this is the best one ;-)

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    Why is it the best one?
    – benjisail
    Mar 9, 2010 at 10:56
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    Because it doesn't touch any SSH binary, it's simply a shell. Because it is the only one to get so many ACL, because the configuration is very simple and scalable.
    – Deimosfr
    Mar 10, 2010 at 15:47
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    as leader of the MySecureShell I suppose you would say that... :-) May 16, 2010 at 11:03

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