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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">3.5</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 ther
	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>