SSH, SFTP Not following user's home directory

[TomGood75]

Good afternoon,

• I'm new to using OpenSSH, so possibly this is user error, but it seems ssh/sftp are not following the home directory of the windows user. From what I've found, ChrootDirectory is not applicable in Win32, and the user home must be used. I created a local user of 'test2', set the home directory (in user config) to \test2home, and restarted SSHD.

If I connect to server through ssh or sftp (using user/pass), the default/home directory is c:\users\test2.

• within SSH echo %HOME% returns c:\Users\test2, and echo %HOMEPATH% returns \Users\test2

If I log into the server locally and opening a cmd prompt, the default directory/home directory is c:\test2home.

• within local windows cmd window echo %HOME% returns %HOME% and echo %HOMEPATH% returns \test2home.
• So it seems to me windows is correctly handling the home path which was set, but Win32-OpenSSH is not. Due to needing to lock a remote user access down to a single 'empty' folder for sftp only for file exchanges, I need to use a 'nonstandard' home folder.
• This is being used on Win Server 2008 R2.
• Any pointers if I'm doing something wrong, or correcting the issue would be great!

Thanks,
~Tim

[epsilon-MrWalters]

Is there any progress or update on this? Having this same issue in Server 2012.

[dwings]

Same problem here, Windows Server 2012. A fix would be really appreciated.

[epsilon-MrWalters]

Is there any way to get this more attention?

[nathannoble]

It's been a while. Is a fix for this forthcoming?

[mvpkenlin]

I tried to update the User's Home directory in User Properties under ADUC as the following,

1. Update to be using the Computer's C:\TestingFolder, But the folder is still server's C:\Users[username] after SFTP logged in.

2. Update to be using network share as Z: with \FTPServer\FTPHome%username%. After clicking Apply button, a new folder created as the value of the username. But the folder is still server's C:\Users[username] after SFTP logged in

[kirahome-eng1]

I have the same problem. I also tried to use mklink to create a junction to link user's home directory (C:\Users[username]) to a different location (c:\sftproot[username] for example). For some reason it worked the first time when I connect, but subsequent tries landed me in C:\Windows\ for some reason...

[dkorsmo]

Coming up on two years old, any progress? Does anyone have a work-around that works?