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I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?

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I have found a solution. http://superuser.com/questions/299036/can-i-create-an-ssh-user-which-can-access-only-certain-directoryhttps://superuser.com/questions/299036/can-i-create-an-ssh-user-which-can-access-only-certain-directory contains a different question but the solution exactly solves my problem.

I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?

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I have found a solution. http://superuser.com/questions/299036/can-i-create-an-ssh-user-which-can-access-only-certain-directory contains a different question but the solution exactly solves my problem.

I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?

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I have found a solution. https://superuser.com/questions/299036/can-i-create-an-ssh-user-which-can-access-only-certain-directory contains a different question but the solution exactly solves my problem.

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I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?

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I have found a solution. http://superuser.com/questions/299036/can-i-create-an-ssh-user-which-can-access-only-certain-directory contains a different question but the solution exactly solves my problem.

I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?

I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?

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I have found a solution. http://superuser.com/questions/299036/can-i-create-an-ssh-user-which-can-access-only-certain-directory contains a different question but the solution exactly solves my problem.

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Add ssh user with minimum rights for backup

I have a small server running Debian and I want to add an account with SSH access for backups. The user of this account should have no console access. He can only transfer (backup) data via SCP to/from one directory on the server, nothing more. How can I do this?