Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:26:47 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Tobias Fredriksson <c4@worldclass.jolt.nu> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limiting network usage on an user-basis? Message-ID: <20001015102647.G272@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010151916240.32977-100000@worldclass.jolt.nu>; from c4@worldclass.jolt.nu on Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:18:04PM %2B0200 References: <20001014191144.I37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010151916240.32977-100000@worldclass.jolt.nu>
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* Tobias Fredriksson <c4@worldclass.jolt.nu> [001015 10:18] wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 12:40:56AM +0200, Tobias Fredriksson wrote: > > > Is there any way to use ipfw or other freebsd tools to shape so that an > > > users processes cant exceed an specified total and is there any good > > > documentation that you can point me to about this? > > > > man ipfw, particularly the parts about 'uid/gid' and dummynet. > > > > -- > > Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. > > billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org > > I think you missunderstood me... I need to set an maximum not on kbit/mbit > per second but rather an 500Meg / day limit and i cannot find anything > like that in the ipfw documentation... No, you didn't finish reading all the documentation... :) IPFW allows one to assign counters per-uid, by having a script poll the counters and check against your limits you can then perform triggers when someone exceeds thier daily quota. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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