Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:34:52 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: Lock down CYGWIN SSH User to single directory.
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On Nov 17 17:18, JMCColorado wrote:
> Is there any way to only allow a user SSH access to a single directory tree?
> I need to lock the user out of EVERYTHING else.

The file and directory permissions are the key.  Cygwin can only lock
the user as far as the underlying permissions go.  After all, Cygwin
isn't the OS.


Corinna

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