How do I set up Chroot Sftp ?

Issue How do I set up Chroot Sftp on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ? How to setup sftp so that a specially-created ftp user can't get out of its home directory How to setup sftp such that user can only access to his home directory and its subdirectories? It is called a "chroot-jail" in FTP terminology. Environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 openssh-server-4.3p2-30.el5 or later Resolution Chroot sftp is possible with openssh (openssh-server-4.3p2-30.el5) which is shipped in Red Hat enterprise Linux 5.4. If you are using an older openssh version than this, upgrade it to openssh-server-4.3p2-30.el5 or later. Below is a sample chroot sftp configuration :    1.  Create a specific chrooted directory. mkdir /chroot/home    2.  Mount it to /home as follows: mount -o bind /home /chroot/home    3.  Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config as follows: ChrootDirectory /chroot Subsystem sftp internal-sftp Please ensure the directories of ChrootDirectory, "/chroot" in this example, are root owned directories and are not writable by any other user or group. This affects all users, however. There is no per-user configuration. 4. Save & Exit service sshd restart Please refer to sshd_config man page for details on ChrootDirectory