[ILUG] restricting file upload size, additional info

[Gareth 'bigbro' Eason]

mfogarty wrote:
>
> Cian,
>
> Thanks very much for the response.  And I'm sorry, because I omitted 
> something important in my original mail.  My users operate on a 
> restricted shell that allows them change password only so they rarely 
> login.  They connect over secure ftp clients from their desktops for 
> uploading and downloading.
[snip]

    Hi,

Can you contact me (on or off list) regarding how you do this and what 
limited shell technique or software you use, please?

I'm interested in doing a similar thing - creating a user account that 
only allows upload of files, but encrypted in transit (so SCP / rsync 
over ssh / SFTP / etc.)  - without compromising security of the server 
as a whole.

In fact, if anyone has thoughts or suggestions on this, I'd be 
interested in hearing about them. Currently I'm leaning towards a chroot 
per user account, but if there's a better way I'm all ears. (And setting 
up a chroot that supports rsync is a PITA.)

    Best regards,
    -->Gar