set the default sftp to internal. this is better than the extra one, because it requires no extra support files with ChrootDirectory, and it does not fork so it is faster. --- a/sshd_config +++ b/sshd_config @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ #Banner none # override default of no subsystems -Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server +Subsystem sftp internal-sftp # Example of overriding settings on a per-user basis #Match User anoncvs