.TH "pure-quotacheck" "8" "1.0.0" "Pure-FTPd team" "Pure-FTPd".SH "NAME".LP pure\-quotacheck \- Update virtual quota files for Pure\-FTPd.SH "SYNTAX".LP pure\-quotacheck \fI\-u username/gid\fP \fI\-d home directory\fP [\fI\-g group/gid\fP].SH "DESCRIPTION".LP pure\-quotacheck create a \fB.ftpquota\fR file in the specified directory..br This file contains the current file and size of the directory, and it is used by Pure\-FTPd when virtual quotas are enabled..br It's recommended to periodically run pure\-quotacheck for every user, in crontabs..SH "OPTIONS".LP .TP \fB\-d\fR <\fIdirectory\fP>Scans the specified <\fIdirectory\fP>..TP \fB\-g\fR <\fIgroup or gid\fP>Sets the group files will be scanned as. This is optional : if an user name is passed to \fB\-u</fR>, group are automatically retrieved..TP \fB\-u\fR <\fIuser or uid\fP>Set the user name files will be scanned as. This is mandatory, and it can't be "root"..TP \fB\-h\fROutput usage information and exit..SH "FILES".LP \fI.ftpquota\fP .SH "EXAMPLES".LP To run this program the standard way type:.LP pure\-quotacheck \-u john \-d /home/john.SH "AUTHORS".LP Frank DENIS <j@pureftpd.org>.SH "SECURITY"pure\-quotacheck switches real and effective uids/gids as soon as possible. Root privileges are never given back..brpure\-quotacheck refuses to scan directories with uid = 0 (root) or gid = 0 (wheel/root) ..br pure\-quotacheck performs a chroot() call to the home directory. It never traverses parent directories..br pure\-quotacheck only scans real files (no socket, no pipe, etc) ..brpure\-quotacheck enforces read access on directories to prevent against people doing chmod 0 before a quota scan..brpure\-quotacheck enforces write access on the home directory to properly write the .ftpquota file..brpure\-quotacheck never scans the same inode/device pair twice..SH "SEE ALSO".BR "ftp(1)" ,.BR "pure-ftpd(8)".BR "pure-ftpwho(8)".BR "pure-mrtginfo(8)".BR "pure-uploadscript(8)".BR "pure-statsdecode(8)".BR "pure-pw(8)".BR "pure-quotacheck(8)".BR "pure-authd(8)".BR "RFC 959",.BR "RFC 2228",.BR "RFC 2389" " and".BR "RFC 2428" .