source: vendor/3.6.25/docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_readonly.8.xml

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<refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>vfs_readonly</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
        <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
        <refmiscinfo class="version">3.6</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
        <refname>vfs_readonly</refname>
        <refpurpose>make a Samba share read only for a specified time period</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>vfs objects = readonly</command>
        </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
        <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

        <para>This VFS module is part of the
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>

        <para>The <command>vfs_readonly</command> 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.</para>

        <para>This module is stackable.</para>

</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>OPTIONS</title>

        <variablelist>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>readonly:period = BEGIN, END</term>
                <listitem>
                <para>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
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle>
                        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
                </para>

                </listitem>
                </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>EXAMPLES</title>

        <para>Mark all shares read only:</para>
<programlisting>
        <smbconfsection name="[global]"/>
        <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">readonly</smbconfoption>
</programlisting>

        <para>Mark the [backup] share as read only during business hours:</para>
<programlisting>
        <smbconfsection name="[backup]"/>
        <smbconfoption name="path">/readonly</smbconfoption>
        <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">readonly</smbconfoption>
        <smbconfoption name="readonly:period">readonly:period = "today 9:00","today 17:00"</smbconfoption>
</programlisting>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>VERSION</title>

        <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.
        </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>AUTHOR</title>

        <para>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.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>