vfs_readonly 8 Samba System Administration tools &doc.version;
vfs_readonly make a Samba share read only for a specified time period
`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 their 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:

    	readonly

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

    	/readonly
    	readonly
    	readonly:period = "today 9:00","today 17:00"

## VERSION

This man page is part of version &doc.version; 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.