Re: [Jailkit-users] Shared home directories inside of jail

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Hello Andrey, 

> Would it be unwise to just remove these last four lines (315-318)? What 
> are
> the security implications?

I am not knowledgeable enough to tell you if this is a bad idea, though 
generally I'd say that it is. I hope someone else can give an informed 
opinion on that issue.
Have you thought of other ways of accomplishing the task at hand? I once had 
this situation: users required a private home directory and shared group 
directories all in a jail and accessible via sftp only (of course jailkit 
was involved). I solved that minor issue of "shared" directories by creating 
symlinks in the users' home directories. The symlinks pointed to the shared 
directories - set up with proper group permissions and group membership to 
achieve the goal.
If your goal is to "redirect" them to the shared directory straight away, 
you may also succeed in using shell scripts or even environment variables. 
Generally openssh and sftp are very configurable, so you might want to try 
different solutions in that direction. 

Cheers,
Stephen