Is there a SIMPLE and easy way to restrict a user to only access ONE single folder. I want to enable ssh login, but i dont want then to access more than one maybe two folders.

Please help

Welcome to LQ!!

Permissions are assigned to the owner of the file (or folder), the assigned group, and "all others". So you can create a file (folder) which is only accessible by a specific user, or a specific group. If you use the user method, then the user (as owner) will be able to change certain things. By using groups, you can have tighter control.

To simply restrict one or more users to be able to read files in specific folders, simply assign a group to those folders (and contents) and then add the user(s) to that group.

To be more specific, post an example of a scenario:
How many users?
Should they have read, write, or execute privileges?

I think he means something like chrooting a user to a specific branch in th e directory tree so they can't access anything on the filesystem but what's in their current and sub directories.

I've always wondered if that was possible myself. The closest thing I've been able to find is a restricted shell that only lets you perform a reduced set of internal commands like ls, cd, etc.

Thats exactly what i meant! i want some users just to have read/write access in their own home folder.... they shouldnt even be able to read anything else. But i dont have a clue how. Is there an easy way to do this ?

a quick google turned up this... lemme know how it goes and I'll give it a shot when I wake up in a couple hours!

http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/ho...oot_shell.html