Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:47:02 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dougcustra@hotmail.com Subject: Re: how do i? Message-ID: <00021820474202.01548@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <rd6vh3m45u2.fsf@world.std.com> References: <20000218180831.61335.qmail@hotmail.com> <rd6vh3m45u2.fsf@world.std.com>
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "JONATHAN DOUGLAS" <dougcustra@hotmail.com> writes: > > > I emailed these same questions to questions@freebsd.org my reply was that i > > would have to shell out cash for an answer. ? > > No. I said that to get technical support for e-commerce-related > questions from *me*, you'd have to pay me. I was in no way speaking > for anyone but myself. Of course, it's unlikely anyone will guarantee > their answers for free, but that's only fair. > > I apologize for the confusion; I will endeavor to avoid irony in the > future. I keep forgetting that so many people miss it completely. A > sarcastic (oops! sarcasm is a form of irony, isn't it -- I seem to > have broken my resolution already) about Americans would belong here > if I weren't one myself. > *sigh* - What did we (Americans) do wrong this time? > "JONATHAN DOUGLAS" <dougcustra@hotmail.com> writes: > > > freebsd 3.3 > > How do I set quotas? > > after i adduser how do i restrist his amount of disk space? > > I have read the man pages. I did some things it said but then my machine > > would not boot after i edited my fstab. > > Oh, good. You're making progress. At least this time you read some > documentation before asking a question. Your description of what you > did is far too short of details (well, okay, it's completely devoid of > them) to actually tell you what you did wrong, but it's a step in the > right direction. > > Let's take it a step at a time. > > "JONATHAN DOUGLAS" <dougcustra@hotmail.com> writes: > > > freebsd 3.3 > > Okay, good. A little out of date, but not enough that I think the > answers to these questions have changed. > > > How do I set quotas? > > There is an entire section of the handbook -- over 1400 words -- > devoted to this topic. Unless you describe what problems you had with > the approach described there, there's no way to tell what kinds of > information would help you. The only help we can offer is "read it > again, please." > > > after i adduser how do i restrist his amount of disk space? > > Well, that's more specific. The answer (which is explained at length > in the handbook entry) is "with edquota(8)". > > > I have read the man pages. I did some things it said but then my machine > > would not boot after i edited my fstab. > > Well, then you did the wrong things to your fstab. Without knowing > what you did, it's hard to say more. The only thing you need to add > for per-user quotas is "userquota" in the options field of the file. > Of course, you need quota support compiled into your kernel, first, > and several other bits of infrastructure support. > > To get your system booting again, follow the directions in the FAQ > question titled "Eek! I forgot the root password!" only fix /etc/fstab > (restore the original version) instead of the password file. > > > What software is available for > > ecommerce on freebsd, such as shopping cart software. > > Several have been mentioned on this mailing list in the past. Unless > I've missed one, none of them are free. Something called "Minivend" > appeared to be the most popular. > > Good luck. > Lowell > -- > A flame? No, I don't think this qualifies. A flame would've been > more fun to write, for one thing... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Walter in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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