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Is there any possibility to limit the bandwidth of an SFTP user? My server has an upload of ~500kb/s and I don't want to 'spend' it all on one user

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If you are using WHM (Web Host Manager), you can simply go to "Limit Bandwidth Usage" under the "Account Functions" section. Choose an account and then enter a limit.

If not, you can use a utility called trickle - http://monkey.org/~marius/pages/?page=trickle

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For openssh, see man sftp

 -l limit
        Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
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Alright, this enables someone who logs in to the shell to limit his own bandwidth. However, I want to limit the user's bandwidth before the log in, permanently. I don't think you can do that with the -l parameter. – Vincent Sep 9 '12 at 7:49
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OpenSSH doesn't support a server side bandwith limit. – H.-Dirk Schmitt Sep 9 '12 at 9:50

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