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New SFTP User
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useradd [username]
passwd [username]
usermod -g www-data -G [username] -d [home-directory] -s /usr/sbin/nologin [username]
Add this to bottom of /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Match User [username]
ChrootDirectory [home-directory]
PasswordAuthentication yes
X11Forwarding no
AllowTcpForwarding no
ForceCommand internal-sftp
sudo service ssh restart
chown [username]:www-data [home-directory]/*
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efarem commented Mar 5, 2015

Make sure root is the owner of home-directory and has no group/others write permissions

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