Fwd: Permissions in chroot SFTP

[Carlo Pradissitto]

Case 1
[root at sftp-server ~]# cd /home/
[root at sftp-server home]# chown user.sftp user/
[root at sftp-server home]# chmod 755 user/

carlo at Music:~$ sftp user at 213.217.147.123
Connecting to 213.217.147.123...
user at 213.217.147.123's password:
Read from remote host 213.217.147.123: Connection reset by peer
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer


Case 2
[root at sftp-server home]# chown user.root user/

carlo at Music:~$ sftp user at 213.217.147.123
Connecting to 213.217.147.123...
user at 213.217.147.123's password:
Read from remote host 213.217.147.123: Connection reset by peer
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer


Case 3
[root at sftp-server home]# chown root.sftp user/

carlo at Music:~$ sftp user at 213.217.147.123
Connecting to 213.217.147.123...
user at 213.217.147.123's password:
sftp> put prova
Uploading prova to /prova
Couldn't get handle: Permission denied


2008/11/11 Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se>:
> Carlo Pradissitto wrote:
>> I get the same result if I change the ownership of user directory
>> this way:
>>
>> [root at sftp-server ~]# chown user.root /home/user/
>>
>> What can I do in order to grant user access and allow write
>> permissions in his home directory?
>
> Start with 755 user:sftp (or 700) and then try user:root.
>
>
> //Peter
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