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# Forge - Sites/User-Isolation *Source: https://forge.laravel.com/docs/sites/user-isolation* --- - [Community](https://discord.gg/laravel) - [Blog](https://blog.laravel.com) - [Status](https://status.on-forge.com) ##### Get Started - [Introduction](/docs/introduction) - [Laravel Forge CLI](/docs/cli) - [Laravel Forge SDK](/docs/sdk) ##### Basics - [Organizations](/docs/organizations) - [Teams](/docs/teams) - [Server Providers](/docs/server-providers) - [Source Control](/docs/source-control) - [SSH Keys](/docs/ssh) - [Recipes](/docs/recipes) - [API](/docs/api) ##### Servers - [Managing Servers](/docs/servers/the-basics) - [Server Types](/docs/servers/types) - [Laravel VPS](/docs/servers/laravel-vps) - [PHP](/docs/servers/php) - [Load Balancing](/docs/servers/load-balancing) - [Nginx Templates](/docs/servers/nginx-templates) - [Security](/docs/servers/security) - [Monitoring](/docs/servers/monitoring) - [Real-Time Metrics](/docs/servers/real-time-metrics) ##### Sites - [Managing Sites](/docs/sites/the-basics) - [Domains](/docs/sites/domains) - [Deployments](/docs/sites/deployments) - [Environment Variables](/docs/sites/environment-variables) - [Commands](/docs/sites/commands) - [Queues](/docs/sites/queues) - [Network](/docs/sites/network) - [Isolation](/docs/sites/user-isolation) - [Laravel](/docs/sites/laravel) - [Logs](/docs/sites/logs) ##### Resources - [Databases](/docs/resources/databases) - [Database Backups](/docs/resources/database-backups) - [Caches](/docs/resources/caches) - [Background Processes](/docs/resources/background-processes) - [Scheduler](/docs/resources/scheduler) - [Network](/docs/resources/network) - [Packages](/docs/resources/packages) ##### Integrations - [Envoyer](/docs/integrations/envoyer) - [Sentry](/docs/integrations/sentry) - [Aikido](/docs/integrations/aikido) ##### Other - [Support](/docs/support) - [Changelog](/docs/changelog) - [Abuse](/docs/abuse) On this page - [Introduction](#introduction) - [Sudo access](#sudo-access) - [Connecting via SFTP](#connecting-via-sftp) Sites # User Isolation Copy page Learn how to isolate your sites on Laravel Forge. Copy page ## [​](#introduction) Introduction By default, Laravel 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 Laravel 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: Copy Ask AI ``` sudo -S service php8.5-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/ssh) for the isolated user. Was this page helpful? YesNo [Network](/docs/sites/network)[Laravel](/docs/sites/laravel) ⌘I [x](https://x.com/laravelphp)[github](https://github.com/laravel)[discord](https://discord.com/invite/laravel)[linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/laravel)