docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_readonly.8.xml

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   2 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
   3 <refentry id="vfs_readonly.8">
   4
   5 <refmeta>
   6         <refentrytitle>vfs_readonly</refentrytitle>
   7         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
   8         <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
   9         <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
  10         <refmiscinfo class="version">3.5</refmiscinfo>
  11 </refmeta>
  12
  13
  14 <refnamediv>
  15         <refname>vfs_readonly</refname>
  16         <refpurpose>make a Samba share read only for a specified time period</refpurpose>
  17 </refnamediv>
  18
  19 <refsynopsisdiv>
  20         <cmdsynopsis>
  21                 <command>vfs objects = readonly</command>
  22         </cmdsynopsis>
  23 </refsynopsisdiv>
  24
  25 <refsect1>
  26         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  27
  28         <para>This VFS module is part of the
  29         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
  30         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
  31
  32         <para>The <command>vfs_readonly</command> VFS module marks a share
  33         as read only for all clients connecting within the configured
  34         time period. Clients connecting during this time will be denied
  35         write access to all files in the share, irrespective of ther
  36         actual access privileges.</para>
  37
  38         <para>This module is stackable.</para>
  39
  40 </refsect1>
  41
  42
  43 <refsect1>
  44         <title>OPTIONS</title>
  45
  46         <variablelist>
  47
  48                 <varlistentry>
  49                 <term>readonly:period = BEGIN, END</term>
  50                 <listitem>
  51                 <para>Only mark the share as read only if the client
  52                 connection was made between the times marked by the
  53                 BEGIN and END date specifiers.
  54                 The syntax of these date specifiers is the
  55                 same as that accepted by the -d option of GNU
  56                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle>
  57                         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
  58                 </para>
  59
  60                 </listitem>
  61                 </varlistentry>
  62
  63         </variablelist>
  64 </refsect1>
  65
  66 <refsect1>
  67         <title>EXAMPLES</title>
  68
  69         <para>Mark all shares read only:</para>
  70 <programlisting>
  71         <smbconfsection name="[global]"/>
  72         <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">readonly</smbconfoption>
  73 </programlisting>
  74
  75         <para>Mark the [backup] share as read only during business hours:</para>
  76 <programlisting>
  77         <smbconfsection name="[backup]"/>
  78         <smbconfoption name="path">/readonly</smbconfoption>
  79         <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">readonly</smbconfoption>
  80         <smbconfoption name="readonly:period">readonly:period = "today 9:00","today 17:00"</smbconfoption>
  81 </programlisting>
  82 </refsect1>
  83
  84 <refsect1>
  85         <title>VERSION</title>
  86
  87         <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.
  88         </para>
  89 </refsect1>
  90
  91 <refsect1>
  92         <title>AUTHOR</title>
  93
  94         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
  95         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
  96         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
  97         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
  98
  99 </refsect1>
 100
 101 </refentry>