Run SFTP without shell access on Ubuntu 20.04

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The tutorial below describes how to get SFTP running without shell access on Ubuntu 20.04

We will do the whole thing by issuing a few commands in the console.

First, we add a user:

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sudo adduser pliki

We create a directory for storing files and give permissions:

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sudo mkdir -p /var/sftp/uploads

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sudo chown root:root /var/sftp

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sudo chmod 755 /var/sftp

We give the user access to the files and directory with files:

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sudo chown pliki:pliki /var/sftp/uploads

We edit the ssh configuration file:

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sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

And we add at the end:

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Match User pliki
ForceCommand internal-sftp
PasswordAuthentication yes
ChrootDirectory /var/sftp
PermitTunnel no
AllowAgentForwarding no
AllowTcpForwarding no
X11Forwarding no

Save the file and restart sshd

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systemctl restart sshd

Everything should work, that's all 🙂

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