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pure-quotacheck(8) Pure-FTPd pure-quotacheck(8)

NAME

pure-quotacheck - Update virtual quota files for Pure-FTPd

SYNTAX

pure-quotacheck -u username/gid -d home directory [-g group/gid]

DESCRIPTION

pure-quotacheck create a .ftpquota file in the specified directory.
This file contains the current file and size of the directory, and it is used by Pure-FTPd when virtual quotas are enabled.
It's recommended to periodically run pure-quotacheck for every user, in crontabs.

OPTIONS

Scans the specified <directory>.
Sets the group files will be scanned as. This is optional: if a user name is passed to -u</fR>, group are automatically retrieved.
Set the user name files will be scanned as. This is mandatory, and it can't be "root".
Output usage information and exit.

FILES

.ftpquota

EXAMPLES

To run this program the standard way type:

pure-quotacheck -u john -d /home/john

AUTHORS

Frank DENIS <j at pureftpd dot org>

SECURITY

pure-quotacheck switches real and effective uids/gids as soon as possible. Root privileges are never given back.
pure-quotacheck refuses to scan directories with uid = 0 (root) or gid = 0 (wheel/root) .
pure-quotacheck performs a chroot() call to the home directory. It never traverses parent directories.
pure-quotacheck only scans real files (no socket, no pipe, etc) .
pure-quotacheck enforces read access on directories to prevent against people doing chmod 0 before a quota scan.
pure-quotacheck enforces write access on the home directory to properly write the .ftpquota file.
pure-quotacheck never scans the same inode/device pair twice.

SEE ALSO

ftp(1), pure-ftpd(8) pure-ftpwho(8) pure-mrtginfo(8) pure-uploadscript(8) pure-statsdecode(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-authd(8) pure-certd(8)

RFC 959, RFC 2228, RFC 2389 and RFC 2428.

1.0.50 Frank Denis