I’m at my [limited] wits end! I’ve been trying to fortify my My Book Live 3GB’s for external access by family members gradually spreading out around the globe. I don’t like the WD2GO solution due to the lack of controls/logging, so I’ve been utilizing FTP within the MBL. However, I feel exposed w…

Hello, FTP access with third party software is not officially supported, but maybe some of the other community members can chime in and share some advice.

Thanks very much for your suggestions! As per the instructions provided, I: Had already enabled SSH Had created shares, users, set passwords and permissions via dashboard Allow Users to SSH: edit file /etc/ssh/sshd_config Change “AllowUsers” line by adding user names such as: AllowUse…

no idea. It seems to work fine for me via ssh and sftp/scp. can you test with SSH see if that places the user at the home dir?

I tested it with SSH. Yes, with SSH, it positions the connection at the directory specified in the passwd file. Now, if only I could figure out why SFTP won’t cooperate!

hmmm, make sure in filezilla you are using “sftp - ssh file transfer protocol” as the server type. Otherwise, try a different version of Filezilla and/or another app. I am using and old version, 3.3.51 and works just fine.

Thanks for your continued suggestions. Yes, I’m definately using the SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol of Filezilla. Regarding switching versions. The reason I’m trying to implement SFTP is for security. If somebody can get at my root files if they use the latest version of Filezilla (or any par…

different versions refers to filezilla, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, etc. not different protocols such as sftp/scp/ftp/etc… Now, whether they are in a different home folder, has nothing to do with the home dir. They might be able to browse to different dirs anyway when home dir is set. However, it will all depend…

Sigh! Well, I set aside some time to do as you suggested, Shabuboy. However, when I did my first (standard) test with the settings above, it worked! I can’t explain it. Each user was positioned at the directory specified in the Passwd file, and although they could move up the hierchy, they could …

No idea, to tell you the true. Search for sftp logging on Debian. These davices run Debian Lenny.

Thanks again! That should help me narrow it down.

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How to Setup Secure FTP (SFTP)

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Shabuboy October 7, 2013, 10:00pm 3

SFTP runs over 22 (ssh), I was able to get it running in a very simple way.

http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/what-s-my-normal-non-root-user-s-SSH-password/m-p/566360/highlight/true#M21992

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