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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
  -d <directory>
       Scans the specified <directory>.

  -g <group or gid>
       Sets the group files will be scanned as. This is optional : if an 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@pureftpd.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)

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

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