Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 10:40:35 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ho Seng Yip <hsengyip@singnet.com.sg> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disk Quotas Message-ID: <19990508104035.P50800@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <007801be8695$48a56300$29a215a5@oasis>; from Ho Seng Yip on Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 11:28:14PM %2B0800 References: <000901be865d$f4745de0$80af15a5@oasis> <19990414205320.D23745@lemis.com> <007801be8695$48a56300$29a215a5@oasis>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Wednesday, 14 April 1999 at 23:28:14 +0800, Ho Seng Yip wrote: > On Wednesday, April 14, 1999 7:23 PM, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote: >> On Wednesday, 14 April 1999 at 18:01:58 +0800, Ho Seng Yip wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am currently running FreeBSD 3.1 and am looking for a way to >>> restrict the amount of disk space a user can consume whether for >>> mails or FTP. I looked into the handbook and it suggested >>> compiling the kernel with the statement, 'options QUOTA'. >>> >>> Besides using this method, may I know if there are other ways of >>> restricting disk space comsumption ? >> >> You could also restrict the size of the file system, but it's not a >> good way to go. What's your problem with quotas? > > It's not really a problem but rather, a few questions here. > > I have enabled quotas for the filesystem /usr for individual users, will > this in turn restrict the amount of disk space in their home directories > that they can consume ? Not just in their home directorues. > The FreeBSD Handbook mentioned that we can implement quotas by > blocks. How big is the size of a block in MB or bytes ? I'd guess 512 bytes. The documentation isn't exactly overly detailed. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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