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.TH "VFS_READONLY" 8 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
vfs_readonly \- make a Samba share read only for a specified time period
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.ad l
.hy 0
.HP 23
\fBvfs objects = readonly\fR
.ad
.hy

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
This VFS module is part of the\fBsamba\fR(7) suite\&.

.PP
The \fBvfs_readonly\fR VFS module marks a share as read only for all clients connecting within the configured time period\&. Clients connecting during this time will be denied write access to all files in the share, irrespective of ther actual access privileges\&.

.PP
This module is stackable\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.TP
readonly:period = BEGIN, END
Only mark the share as read only if the client connection was made between the times marked by the BEGIN and END date specifiers\&. The syntax of these date specifiers is the same as that accepted by the \-d option of GNU\fBdate\fR(1)\&.

.SH "EXAMPLES"

.PP
Mark all shares read only:

.nf

        \fI[global]\fR
	vfs objects = readonly

.fi

.PP
Mark the [backup] share as read only during business hours:

.nf

        \fI[backup]\fR
	path = /readonly
	vfs objects = readonly
	readonly:period = readonly:period = "today 9:00","today 17:00"

.fi

.SH "VERSION"

.PP
This man page is correct for version 3\&.0\&.25 of the Samba suite\&.

.SH "AUTHOR"

.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.