Unable to navigate between container when connecting via SFTP to blob storage

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Unable to navigate between container when connecting via SFTP to blob storage

Sumit Gaur 255

Hi, we have exposed a storage account as a SFTP server to our internal and external customer for SFTP based integration. For one user we are trying to give him access to multiple container on our storage account for which we created a local user and assign that user with needed blob container and permission. Now when we try to login via WinScp it drops us on the home directory setup during local user creation. However if we want to navigate to different container we can't do that and setting / as home directory also doesn't work. Can you give some guideline on how we can navigate between different container from a SFTP Client?

Ravi Kanth Koppala 3,391 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-12-20T02:10:10.8666667+00:00
@Sumit Gaur ,

To navigate between different containers when connecting via SFTP to Azure Blob Storage, you need to specify the container name in the connection string. If you have already set up container-level permissions for the local user, then they should be able to access the specified container and perform the allowed operations. If you want to navigate to a different container, you will need to disconnect and reconnect to the new container by specifying its name in the connection string.

It's worth noting that the home directory is only the initial directory that the connecting local user is placed in. Local users can navigate to any other path in the container they are connected to if they have the appropriate container permissions.

References:

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) support for Azure Blob Storage

Connect to Azure Blob Storage by using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

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2023-12-22T11:56:02.7666667+00:00

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2024-01-01T04:42:03.39+00:00

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Ravi Kanth Koppala 3,391 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-12-20T02:10:10.8666667+00:00

@Sumit Gaur ,

To navigate between different containers when connecting via SFTP to Azure Blob Storage, you need to specify the container name in the connection string. If you have already set up container-level permissions for the local user, then they should be able to access the specified container and perform the allowed operations. If you want to navigate to a different container, you will need to disconnect and reconnect to the new container by specifying its name in the connection string.

It's worth noting that the home directory is only the initial directory that the connecting local user is placed in. Local users can navigate to any other path in the container they are connected to if they have the appropriate container permissions.

References:

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) support for Azure Blob Storage

Connect to Azure Blob Storage by using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

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2023-12-22T11:56:02.7666667+00:00

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Anand Prakash Yadav 7,850 Microsoft External Staff

Hello Sumit Gaur,

Thank you for posting your query here!

I understand you wish to know how users can access containers other than their home container.

You can only login to a single container per session. If you wish to connect to another container create a session and specify the container name after the storage account as part of the username.

******@myaccount.blob.core.windows.net

Here is what that will look like using WinSCP:

User's image

Resources:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/secure-file-transfer-protocol-support#home-directory

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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2024-01-03T07:13:19.65+00:00

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