Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 01:35:58 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: Janet Sullivan <ciscogeek@bgp4.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, David Nugent <davidn@datalinktech.com.au> Subject: Re: quota deadlock on 6.1-RC1 Message-ID: <20060508053558.GA16540@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <445ED86A.2030801@rogers.com> References: <20060504033300.GA39935@xor.obsecurity.org> <44598615.3040400@rogers.com> <20060504044758.GA41047@xor.obsecurity.org> <44599732.1050905@rogers.com> <20060505080543.GD5466@garage.freebsd.pl> <35c231bf0605051049t2761281ar97b9634b8279b1fd@mail.gmail.com> <445B991F.3050600@rogers.com> <445BCEE3.6040607@bgp4.net> <445EBC38.9090301@datalinktech.com.au> <445ED86A.2030801@rogers.com>
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--HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:34:34AM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > David Nugent wrote: > >Janet Sullivan wrote: > >>No, I don't use quotas. I doubt the majority of FreeBSD users do. > > > >I don't either, but "the majority of FreeBSD users" is a shifting=20 > >thing, and very hard to make generalisations about. Once quota was=20 > >about shell users, now it's more common for mail servers to manage=20 > >storage quotas in a more appropriate way according to their storage=20 > >mechanism and there are less shell users due to more convenient and=20 > >"user friendly" networking applications that provide functionality=20 > >that can be more easily secured. > > > >Quotas are now used more often with samba than anything else, and of=20 > >course it's use has skyrocketted in recent years for obvious reasons.=20 > >So who knows... >=20 > Quotas are important to certain mail servers as you mention, and they=20 > are also very important for webhosting. Hosting solutions such as Plesk= =20 > utilize quotas. As we all know, fbsd has been the OS of choice for=20 > webhosting, lets not let that slip away. Feel free to stop beating the dead horse any day now... Kris --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEXti+Wry0BWjoQKURAp3aAJ41TziscAWvEpN6PwaN2syj/6nujgCfZXPV rtpXrhU6+XOV40k/6EfmpkE= =DHaW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--
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