Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:35:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Chip Marshall <chip@jlc.net> Cc: FreeBSD Quesions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A quota question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970303123422.20520F-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19970302155542.NJ45113@verdi.jlc.net>
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On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Chip Marshall wrote: > I work for an ISP and am trying to impose quotas on our customer's web page > directories. All of these users are in the same group, but when the group file > has all of the users in the group line, quota will not recognize the group. > If I remove some of the users, making the line in the group file shorter, quota > will see the group. My question is, does quota need the users to be in the > group file to impose the quota, or is thier being in the group (as stated in > the passwd file) good enough? If not, how can I get quota to see the group > with all the usernames in the group file? This appears to be a bug in the group file reading code. There is a long standing bug that group lines over 1024 characters will cause odd problems. REport this to hackers@freebsd.org or use send-pr and file a bug report. In the meantime, split your group into two and it should work OK. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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