---
name: "vfs_fake_perms"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "samba"
version: "2:4.25.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vfs_fake_perms"
---

# vfs\_fake\_perms(8)

enable read only Roaming Profiles

## NAME

vfs\_fake\_perms - enable read only Roaming Profiles

## SYNOPSIS

vfs objects = fake\_perms

## DESCRIPTION

This VFS module is part of the [**samba**(7)](/samba/7.md) suite.

The vfs\_fake\_perms VFS module was created to allow Roaming Profile files and directories to be set (on the Samba server under UNIX) as read only. This module will, if installed on the Profiles share, report to the client that the Profile files and directories are writeable. This satisfies the client even though the files will never be overwritten as the client logs out or shuts down.

This module is stackable.

## EXAMPLES

```
        [Profiles]
	path = /profiles
	vfs objects = fake_perms
```

## VERSION

This man page is part of version 4.25.1 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.