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Add an SFTP user, assuming an sftpusers group and the user's home folder already exists.
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add_sftp_user.sh
add_sftp_user() {
sudo useradd -d /home/$1 $1
sudo passwd $1
sudo usermod -g sftpusers $1
sudo usermod -s /bin/false $1
sudo chown $1:sftpusers -R /home/$1
sudo chown root:root /home/$1
}
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