From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 8 11:37:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B9B153BC for ; Sat, 8 May 1999 11:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Sat, 8 May 1999 14:37:21 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105868@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: Ho Seng Yip Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: Disk Quotas Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 14:38:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As far as memory serves me, the block size is whatever your BLOCKSIZE env variable is set to. > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Lehey [SMTP:grog@lemis.com] > Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 9:11 PM > To: Ho Seng Yip > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: Disk Quotas > > [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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message