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.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
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.TH "VFS_READONLY" "8" "06/20/2019" "Samba 4\&.9\&.5\-Debian" "System Administration tools"
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.SH "NAME"
vfs_readonly \- make a Samba share read only for a specified time period
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\ 'u
vfs objects = readonly
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This VFS module is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(7)
suite\&.
.PP
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 their actual access privileges\&.
.PP
This module is stackable\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
readonly:period = BEGIN, END
.RS 4
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)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Mark all shares read only:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
        \fI[global]\fR
	\m[blue]\fBvfs objects = readonly\fR\m[]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Mark the [backup] share as read only during business hours:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
        \fI[backup]\fR
	\m[blue]\fBpath = /readonly\fR\m[]
	\m[blue]\fBvfs objects = readonly\fR\m[]
	\m[blue]\fBreadonly:period = readonly:period = "today 9:00","today 17:00"\fR\m[]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is part of version 4\&.9\&.5\-Debian 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\&.