Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 14:38:42 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: Ho Seng Yip <hsengyip@singnet.com.sg> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Disk Quotas Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105868@site2s1>
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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 <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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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