From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 22:14:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEDAB16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:14:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EC343D53 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:14:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dawgeestyle@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so932421rng for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:14:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=SsmOz3yh1IPaLSDXXObOCBFOAbPMkNvE9AVkvgaLCRzVHqZZa1XR4JdR93r0hUYexp765QBPM73ayuliWUFBBXkP0RcyQb4Mampv8KtqBD45M6Ds214Cq1BFWMqKjpCMza5Nzm7K1RTLEnxuLlGF0WtIyYosBIBCTsILsw5tk8w= Received: by 10.38.10.76 with SMTP id 76mr248252rnj; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:14:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.73.32 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:14:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5ae9cd5505021514147f701f22@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:14:54 -0500 From: Benjamin Dover To: Jon Adams In-Reply-To: <42127040.2050703@nsu.nova.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <42127040.2050703@nsu.nova.edu> cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Quota Questions 5.3 Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Benjamin Dover List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:14:55 -0000 On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:57:20 -0500, Jon Adams wrote: > Hi, > > ~ Theres a high probablility this is a stupid question, but I > must ask it.... > > Heres the situation: I am leasing a server from a relatively well > known ISP in the DC area... It is installed w/ FreeBSD 5.3 Release > (Generic) > > These geniuses gave me the box without the ports tree or the kernel > sources... This wouldnt be a problem, except that, among other > things, they didnt compile in the quota support. I desperately need it. > > Questions: > > 1. Is there a kernel module to implement quota support (I have googled > incessantly trying to find it w/o much luck) Take a look at this section of the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/quotas.html > > 2. Is there a trivial way to get the kernel sources and ports tree > (and more importantly, how safe (in terms of the box coming back) is > it to recompile the kernel if I can get the sources) - they pretty > much killed about 50% of my reason for getting FBSD by leaving out the > ports WTF??. I would use sysinstall to install the ports tree. if your not familiar with it type man sysinstall > > 3. Finally, out of curiousity, does anyone know why quota support is > left our of the stock FreeBSD Kernel, I am assuming there must be a > compelling reason for this... and are there any alternatives (short of > me writing lots of ugly code - which I have lacking time and > motivation for) Its not left out its just not an standard option. Compiling a kernel is not a difficult task. It sounds more difficult than it really is. > > -- > ....................................................... > Jon Adams - jonaadams@nsu.nova.edu / jkadams@computer.org > Graduate Student, SCIS, Nova Southeastern University > http://www.scis.nova.edu/~jonaadam/ > "Opportunities multiply as they are seized." - Sun Tzu > (202) 494-2469 .:cell:. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >