Creating and Managing SFTP Users¶
Administrators can add and manage users who have SFTP only access. For platform user management, see: Creating Additional Users.
To create a new SFTP only user, use the command:
user sftp add <username>
Add a username and password. See Password Strength Rules.
The system will create a user with the provided name and password provided, with the following restrictions:
- the system can only be accessed by SFTP
- user access is restricted to the platform
home/directory only - the SFTP user will have a SSH key attached.
- only the administrator can change the SFTP only user password
To attach a SSH key to the SFTP user:
- Copy the SSH public key for the user onto the system
- Run user addkey <username> <keyfile> to attach the key to the user
See also: Adding a Key for Automatic User Login.
To change the SFTP user password:
user sftp password <username>
To remove the SFTP user:
user del <username>
SFTP users are listed under the sftp-only-users group when running
the user list command.
An SFTP only user can also be added without a password. This option can be used for an SFTP implementation that uses a key only (no password):
user sftp add_nopass
