Multiple SSH and SFTP users
Posted May 1 at 08:27 CDT by Remi in General - 7 comment(s)
We've just added a much requested feature to the control panel: from now on you can create additional SSH and SFTP users under the same hosting account. If you're a team of people this allows you to give each person their own SSH or SFTP user on the web server.
You can manage these SSH and SFTP users from "Account->SSH/sftp users" in the control panel.
Remi.7 comments:
Matt said on 2007-05-01 10:40:44:
Awesome! I had used WebDAV as a workaround, but this is idea. Thanks.
jorge said on 2007-05-01 11:48:40:
thank you very much. I have been dreaming about this day :p
Matt said on 2007-05-01 14:56:43:
I have a question. I've created a new 'SFTP only' user named 'dad' under my account. When I use WinSCP (connecting via SFTP), it defaults to his home directory (/home2/dad/). I guess I expected it to go to the same home directory as my account. When I navigate in WinSCP to my home account, it says I do not have permission to access it. Is this how it was designed to behave? I thought that doing this would allow this newly created user to access the files in my home directory, not a newly created home directory. Makes me wonder what would happen if I create a new user that happens to have the same username as someone who already exists on home2. Am I interpreting this feature incorrectly?
Brendan said on 2007-05-01 23:26:59:
I agree with Matt. I would have expected this feature to be creating users with the same group, at least....
Remi said on 2007-05-02 03:34:53:
Matt and Brendan: You're right :) The multiple SSH and SFTP users is only half of the work, and the other half is coming soon: the ability to manage your linux groups. That way you'll be able to share directories amongst users.> Makes me wonder what would happen if I create a new user that happens to have the same username as someone who already exists on home
The control panel won't let you use a username that's already used on the machine.
Remi.
tamgo said on 2007-05-03 17:35:56:
Very nice feature! Thanks remi!
Thanks Remi! This feature was really missing...Great!