i have a linux server which users connect to with SSH. my users only upload and download content from their /home folder.

Basicly, I want them to be limited to see and use only their home folder.

I read that it might not be a good idea to do so, since they nead read premissions to run programs and scripts, but again: they are only downloading\uploading content to their home dir.

How can I do it?

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Follow this guide to configure your SSH server to chroot your users.

A different possibility would be to disable shell login. SCP and SFTP might still work for them.

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You could also install webmin on the server http://www.webmin.com/ with webmin you will be able to set limits as to what the users can do and access. Its pretty easy as well.

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