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>
Note
The <username> text needs to follow the rules below:
starts with letter (a-z/A-Z)
followed by one or more of:
letters (a-z/A-Z)
digits (0-9)
full-stop (.)
underscore (_)
dash (-)
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 onlythe 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