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I want to grant a (remote support) user SSH or SFTP access to the /var/www/html folder (and all sub-folders) on my system. I don't want them to have access outside this directory. As well, the ownership of the directories and files in this directory do not match the new user, and I don't want to change the permissions.

This similar question involves setting up a NEW directory with permissions matching the new user. That's not what I want; I must limit them to an existing directory. This similar question is close but assumes I can chown the directory to root, which I cannot as apache will fail.

I know how to create a linux user, and I know how to change file/dir permissions, and I understand the concept of chroot. Just can't figure out how to combine these.

UPDATE: A workarounds seems to be to create a regular SFTP setup and home directory for the user, them mount the desired (target) directory into a subdir of the users home dir, as shown in this post

If there is a better/proper way please post an answer.

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  • ssh or sftp? If ssh, they'd also need access to the shell and whatever command they need to use over ssh. Commented Jul 31, 2024 at 15:02
  • Actually SFTP would be fine! (Didn't think of that). Still unsure of how to do this, but I'll update my question. Commented Jul 31, 2024 at 15:03
  • Searching for sftp chroot should point you in the right direction. Commented Jul 31, 2024 at 15:04
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    Possible duplicate of Restricting an SSH/SCP/SFTP user to a directory Commented Jul 31, 2024 at 15:06
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    @TSG why? Does your web server actually need to write to /var/www/html? Commented Aug 1, 2024 at 2:29

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