VFS_FAKE_PERMS(8)

💅 VFS_FAKE_PERMS ✨

okay bestie, welcome to vfs_fake_perms from the System Administration tools part of the manual 💖 this one's a little VFS module and it's lowkey iconic, let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vfs_fake_perms — enable read only Roaming Profiles ✨ no cap, that's literally the whole job 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

vfs objects = fake_perms

that's it. one line. she's simple, she's effective, she ate 🍓

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite, okay? like, she's in the family 👑

the way vfs_fake_perms works is: she was literally created so that Roaming Profile files and directories can be set — on the Samba server, under UNIX — as read only. and then, if this module is installed on the Profiles share, it will report to the client that the Profile files and directories are writeable 🫶

it's giving lie detector test but make it friendly 💀 the client is fully satisfied, even though the files will never be overwritten when the client logs out or shuts down. like, nothing is happening. it's a vibe. it's a whole performance 🎭

and yes, this module is stackable — so you can pile her up with other VFS modules, she plays nice ✨

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

here's the whole setup, bestie, copy it exactly:

        [Profiles]
     path = /profiles
     vfs objects = fake_perms

that's the share config, that's the path, that's the module. slay 💅

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

this man page is part of version 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1 of the Samba suite. periodt 💜

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👑 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 🌸

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aaaand that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 Samba 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1, dated 09/13/2026 — drink some water, hydrate, and go touch grass, you deserve it 💖✨🦋