Create FTP/SSH account with read-only access in DirectAdmin

Question

I have a developer who wants to check website files on the server. In the past, this developer has made changes that broke the website.
In order to avoid unwanted file editing, I need to grant the developer access in some sort of read-only role.
The hosting is on DirectAdmin.

Question is: How can I create a FTP/SSH user with read-only (and perhaps download) credentials?

Help and suggestions to achieve this are highly appreciated.

Answer 1

SOLVED

Create .ftpaccess file in directory that needs to be read-only for account [e-mail].

Content of the .ftpaccess file:

<Limit WRITE>
DenyUser [e-mail]
</Limit>

That's all.

Please note:

• Commands in .ftpaccess file are recursive (i.e. affects all the files in the current directory and any subdirectory).

• Condition is that server supports ProFTPD.

More about ProFPTD here:

http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Limit.html

Warning: ProFTPD is quite powerful. If you make a mistake and therefor you can't edit your files via FTP anymore, you can still edit .ftpaccess file via the command line.