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Date:      Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:02:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: question regarding quotas
Message-ID:  <20030629150035.K57224-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030629014542.GA84766@dan.emsphone.com>

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Hi Dan,

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:

> Quotas are per-user, not per-directory.  Any files those users create,
> anywhere in that filesystem, will contribute to their quota.  Files
> created by other userids but placed in those directories will count
> against the other user's quota.
>
> Basically what happens with per-directory quotas is that the users
> learn not to put files in their homedir :)  They end up finding
> someplace that they can write to outside their homedir and put files
> there instead.


Thank you.  Do per-directory quotas exist (in any fashion) in FreeBSD ?  I
am looking for a way to do per-directory, even if it is a hack of some
kind...

thanks.



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