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    Default Customer has SFTP access to all directories on server

    I've got a clean WHM installation on a clean VPS (provided by Memset). I've added a couple of customer accounts, eg. mysite.com. When I SFTP to mysite.com, using the customer's username/password, I land in /home/mysite, and as expected cannot see /home/anyothersites.

    However, from /home/mysite, I can navigate upwards to /home, and then to /, and then on to all the other folders on the VPS - and can read and write files anywhere. Surely I shouldn't be allowed to do this...? Is this normal for a default installation? How do I stop it?

    Thanks.

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    Default Re: Customer has SFTP access to all directories on server

    and can read and write files anywhere
    You may be able to see files but you should not have permission to write to them.

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