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Relwi

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Registered: 2022-07-26

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Can't get SFTP chroot work

Hi, I'm trying to follow this guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SFTP_chroot, but when I'm going to connect it doesn't work, it says `authentication failed` (I'm using termscp). I have followed this steps (all with root user):

1. Comprobate that I have `Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server` in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`
2. Create a directory in `/var/lib/sftp-jail` with root:root owner and 755 permission
3. Create a sftpuser user with `useradd -s /usr/bin/nologin -d /var/lib/sftp-jail sftpuser` and set a password to the user
4. Configure OpenSSH, but using `Match User` instead `Match Group`
5. Fixing path for authorized keys, but putting `/etc/ssh/authorized_keys` instead `/etc/ssh/authorized_keys/%u`, then I copied the content of the client `ssh-ed25519` key into it
6. Restart `sshd.service`

I have the `AuthenticationMethods publickey` in the config

schard

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From: Hannover

Registered: 2016-05-06

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Re: Can't get SFTP chroot work

Please show the actual entire sshd_config as well as the user's passwd entry and the stat of the chroot directory.

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