# Forge - Sites/User-Isolation
*Source: https://forge.laravel.com/docs/sites/user-isolation*
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- [User Isolation](/docs/sites/user-isolation)
- [Cookbook](/docs/sites/cookbook)
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##### Other
- [Abuse](/docs/abuse)
On this page
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Sudo Access](#sudo-access)
- [Connecting Via SFTP](#connecting-via-sftp)
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# User Isolation
Learn how to isolate your sites on Laravel Forge.
## [](#overview) Overview
By default, Forge uses the default `forge` user that is created as part of the server’s initial provisioning process for all deployments, daemons, scheduled jobs, PHP-FPM, and other processes.
Via Forge’s “User Isolation” feature, Forge will create a separate user for a given site. This is particularly useful when combined with a project like WordPress in order to prevent plugins from maliciously accessing content in your `forge` user (or other isolated user) owned directories.
The `forge` user is considered a “super user” and is therefore able to read all files within isolated user directories.
## [](#sudo-access) Sudo Access
Like the `forge` user, newly created isolated users also have limited sudo access. They may reload the PHP-FPM services requiring a password:
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sudo -S service php8.4-fpm reload
```
If you need further sudo access, you should log in as the `forge` user and switch to the `root` user using the `sudo su` or the `sudo -i` command.
## [](#connecting-via-sftp) Connecting Via SFTP
You can connect to your server via SFTP as the isolated user. We recommend using an SFTP client such as [Transmit](https://panic.com/transmit/) or [Filezilla](https://filezilla-project.org/). However, before getting started, you should first [upload your SSH key to the server](/docs/accounts/ssh) for the isolated user.
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