Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:50:16 GMT From: Alex Kelly <aekelly@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/88429: FAQ 10.9. Quotas Improvement Message-ID: <200511101750.jAAHoGr6066507@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/88429; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Alex Kelly <aekelly@gmail.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/88429: FAQ 10.9. Quotas Improvement
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:50:51 -0500
Followup and possible patch for 88429:
--- book.sgml=09Wed Nov 9 10:39:46 2005
+++ book.sgml.old=09Wed Nov 9 10:39:39 2005
@@ -6105,31 +6105,47 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>It is possible that your kernel is not configured to use
- quotas. If this is the case, you will need to add the following
- line to your kernel configuration file and recompile:</para>
-
- <programlisting>options QUOTA</programlisting>
-
- <para>It is also possible that quotas are not enabled in the
- <filename>rc.conf</filename> file in <filename>/etc</filename>.
- If this is the case, you will need to add the following line to
- <filename>rc.conf</filename>:</para>
-
- <programlisting>enable_quotas=3D"YES"</programlisting>
-
- <para>It is also possible that the quota file is improperly place=
d in
- <filename>/</filename>, the root directory of &os. The quota fi=
le
- should instead be placed on the filesystem where quotas are to =
be
- enforced, i.e.</para>
-
- <filename>/usr /usr/admin/quotas</file=
name>
- <filename>/home =20
/home/admin/quotas</filename>
-
- <para>For more information on quotas, please refer to
- <ulink
url=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/quotas.htm=
l">
- Chapter 8</ulink> of the &os Handbook.</para>
-
+ <!-- XXX
+ This may be the worst answer in the entire document.
+ -->
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Do not turn on quotas on <filename>/</filename>.</pa=
ra>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Put the quota file on the filesystem that the quotas
+ are to be enforced on, i.e.:</para>
+
+ <informaltable frame=3D"none" pgwide=3D"1">
+ <tgroup cols=3D"2">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Filesystem</entry>
+ <entry>Quota file</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>/usr</filename></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/usr/admin/quotas</filename></ent=
ry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>/home</filename></entry>
+ <entry><filename>/home/admin/quotas</filename></en=
try>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>…</entry>
+ <entry>…</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
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