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

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

-d <directory>

Scans the specified <directory>.

-g <group or gid>

Sets the group files will be scanned as. This is optional : if a user name is passed to -u</fR>, group are automatically retrieved.

-u <user or uid>

Set the user name files will be scanned as. This is mandatory, and it can't be "root".

-h

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.