Setting up a shared repository for users with no shell login

[Aaron Bentley]

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alex mitchell wrote:
> I apologize if this is a FAQ, but I haven't been able to find this in the
> docs.
> 
> What I'd like to do is set up my shared repository on an Ubuntu-based
> server, and let my project team use bzr to push/pull/commit files to/from
> the repository. However, I don't want them to be able to log in and browse
> around and execute commands in the filesystem using ssh or sftp.
> 
> Is there any way to do this? I've tried restricting login by setting the
> users' shell to /bin/false

Instead of setting the shell to false, you can set up a restricted shell
that only allows sftp (or bzr) to be used.

http://linux.ucla.edu/manual/bash-2.05a/html_node/bashref_75.html

Aaron
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