Create Additional FTP Users on Your Seedbox

Why Multiple FTP Users?

Additional FTP users let you give specific people access to specific folders on your seedbox — without sharing your main credentials. Useful for sharing files with friends or separating access for different purposes.

Creating Additional Users via SSH

# Create a new system usernsudo adduser newusernamenn# Set the user's home directory to a specific foldernsudo usermod -d /home/mainuser/shared newusernamenn# The new user can now connect via SFTP:n# sftp newusername@seedbox-ip

Restricting Access

To limit the new user to only their folder (chroot jail), edit the SSH config:

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_confignn# Add at the bottom:nMatch User newusernamen  ChrootDirectory /home/mainuser/sharedn  ForceCommand internal-sftpn  AllowTcpForwarding no

Restart SSH: sudo systemctl restart sshd