How to restrict user access via SFTP

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Issue

  • How to restrict access via SFTP

  • How to limit the users who have access to SFTP

  • Trying to restrict user ID's access to use SFTP login. Have set the userlist_deny=NO tried to use user_list to allow and no success. The userlist_file option did not provide success.

  • There is a need for the shell sftp-server be added on all Red Hat servers to support restriction of login by an account for sftp to only use sftp login. This shell (/usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server) must be added to the /etc/shells list. My question for Red Hat is do you support this? Any issues with doing this?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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