ssh many users to one home
I want to allow some trusted users to scp files into my server (to an specific user), but I do not want to give these users a home, neither ssh login.

I'm having problems to understand the correct settings of users/groups I have to create to allow this to happen.

I will put an example;

Having:

 1. `MyUser@MyServer`
 2. `MyUser` belongs to the group `MyGroup`
 3. MyUser's home will be lets say, `/home/MyUser`
 4. `SFTPGuy1@OtherBox1`
 5. `SFTPGuy2@OtherBox2`

They give me their `id_dsa.pub`'s and I add it to my `authorized_keys`

I reckon then, I'd do in my server something like

`useradd -d /home/MyUser -s /bin/false SFTPGuy1` (and the same for the other..)

And for the last, `useradd -G MyGroup SFTPGuy1` (then again, for the other guy)

I'd expect then, the SFTPGuys to be able to `sftp -o IdentityFile=id_dsa MyServer` and to be taken to MyUser's home...

Well, this is not the case... SFTP just keeps asking me for a password.

Could someone point out what am I missing?

Thanks a mil,

f.

ssh many users to one home
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I want to allow some trusted users to scp files into my server (to an specific user), but I do not want to give these users a home, neither ssh login.

I'm having problems to understand the correct settings of users/groups I have to create to allow this to happen.

I will put an example;

Having:

 1. `MyUser@MyServer`
 2. `MyUser` belongs to the group `MyGroup`
 3. MyUser's home will be lets say, `/home/MyUser`
 4. `SFTPGuy1@OtherBox1`
 5. `SFTPGuy2@OtherBox2`

They give me their `id_dsa.pub`'s and I add it to my `authorized_keys`

I reckon then, I'd do in my server something like

`useradd -d /home/MyUser -s /bin/false SFTPGuy1` (and the same for the other..)

And for the last, `useradd -G MyGroup SFTPGuy1` (then again, for the other guy)

I'd expect then, the SFTPGuys to be able to `sftp -o IdentityFile=id_dsa MyServer` and to be taken to MyUser's home...

Well, this is not the case... SFTP just keeps asking me for a password.

Could someone point out what am I missing?

Thanks a mil,

f.
