Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:40:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why the quota don't take affect? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810280938510.14037-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199810280200.KAA02720@trans.hk.hi.cn.>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn wrote: > Everybody: > I read the FreeBSD FAQs from the site, then I limited the user's > disk size using "quota". But now find it doesn't work > correctly. I used "repquota -a" to list the quota's information, and > I found tow users had exceede the limit. Did you run 'quotaon'? > I don't know what the "grace" means. This is how much time the user can be over their soft quota before you disallow creation of new files. Once the user drops their usage below the soft quota the system will return to normal. > I'v recompiled the kernel and modified the /etc/sysconfig and > /etc/fstab. The FAQ told me, I must create the quotas files in the > file systems which I want to limit the disk usage, ie: > /usr/admin/quotas. I want to know: I must create the directory > "admin"? And how to create the quotas file -- "touch" or something > else? sysconfig? Hm ... quotas broke down early in the 2.2.x series, be wary. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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