Laravel Forge + DigitalOcean - Adding a SFTP user with restricted access only to a directory

Question

I am using Laravel Forge in a DigitalOcean droplet. I need to grant SFTP access to a specific directory on the server to one of my clients. He needs read/write access to only that directory, and I am having problems with the setup.

I have followed the steps in https://bensmann.no/restrict-sftp-users-to-home-folder/, but I am stuck because Forge does not permit password authentication, only through public/private SSH keys...

Has someone done something similar? What would be the best approach for getting it done?

Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I know it's late, but it might help somebody in the future. I used Freek's post to set this up in Forge and although it seemed temperamental at first locking me out of SSH completely, it just started working after a few minutes.