Debian 13 trixie
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OpenSSH : SFTP only + Chroot2025/08/11
 

Configure SFTP only + Chroot.
Some users who are applied this setting can access only with SFTP and also applied chroot directory.

[1] For example, Set [/home] as the Chroot directory.
# create a group for SFTP only

root@dlp:~#
groupadd sftp_users

# apply to a user [trixie] for SFTP only as an example

root@dlp:~#
usermod -aG sftp_users trixie

root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# line 117 : comment out and add a line like below

#
Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
# add to last line

Match Group sftp_users
    X11Forwarding no
    AllowTcpForwarding no
    ChrootDirectory /home
    ForceCommand internal-sftp
root@dlp:~#
systemctl restart ssh
[2] Try to access with a user and verify the settings.
trixie@node01:~$
ssh trixie@dlp.srv.world 

trixie@dlp.srv.world's password:
This service allows sftp connections only.
Connection to dlp.srv.world closed.   # denied as settings
trixie@node01:~$
sftp trixie@dlp.srv.world 

trixie@dlp.srv.world's password:
Connected to dlp.srv.world.
sftp>
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