Use Match in sshd_config to detect SCP connection

Posted by Garreth McDaid on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Garreth McDaid
Published on 2014-06-12T14:28:56Z Indexed on 2014/06/12 15:28 UTC
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I use the following directive in sshd_config to detect if the user trying to login to a server is called developer, and issue a bash script to the user if that is the case:

Match User developer
    ForceCommand /bin/dev_login

However, when the user tries to upload a file using SCP, they can't, as the dev_login script is interrupting the process.

Is it possible to use the

Match

directive to detect if the connection is SCP rather than a request to open a shell?

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