From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 12:35:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA25922 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:35:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA25911 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:35:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA20614; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:35:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:35:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Chip Marshall cc: FreeBSD Quesions Subject: Re: A quota question In-Reply-To: <19970302155542.NJ45113@verdi.jlc.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Chip Marshall wrote: > I work for an ISP and am trying to impose quotas on our customer's web page > directories. All of these users are in the same group, but when the group file > has all of the users in the group line, quota will not recognize the group. > If I remove some of the users, making the line in the group file shorter, quota > will see the group. My question is, does quota need the users to be in the > group file to impose the quota, or is thier being in the group (as stated in > the passwd file) good enough? If not, how can I get quota to see the group > with all the usernames in the group file? This appears to be a bug in the group file reading code. There is a long standing bug that group lines over 1024 characters will cause odd problems. REport this to hackers@freebsd.org or use send-pr and file a bug report. In the meantime, split your group into two and it should work OK. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major