vfs_readonly

Name

vfs_readonly — make a Samba share read only for a specified time period

Synopsis

vfs objects = readonly

DESCRIPTION

This VFS module is part of the + samba(7) suite.

The vfs_readonly 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.

This module is stackable.

OPTIONS

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 + date(1). +

EXAMPLES

Mark all shares read only:

+        [global]
+	vfs objects = readonly
+

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

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

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite. +

AUTHOR

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.