chrooted SFTP upload folder

Hi List,

I have set up a chrooted SFTP setup following the instructions I found on tech republic:

/blog/opensource/chroot-users-with-openssh-an-easier-way-to-confine-users-to-their-home-directories/229

I have successfully got it all working and I can download files when logged in via sftp as the chrooted user, however I cannot upload files and get permission denied 3 error code 3.

I have set up a directory for uploads as follows:

mkdir /home/user/upload
chown user:user /home/user/upload
chmod 0755 /home/user/upload

It sounds like a permissions error somewhere. Is there anything I have missed?

thanks

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I answer my own question here. I disabled selinux and it works! :slight_smile: