Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 12:02:00 EST5EDT From: "Andrew Webster" <awebster@dataradio.com> To: Network Coordinator <nc@ain.charm.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Format for Quotas Message-ID: <9504211602.AA02997@rf.dataradio.com>
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> Date sent: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 20:25:17 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Network Coordinator <nc@ain.charm.net>
> To: Andrew Webster <awebster@dataradio.com>
> Subject: Re: Format for Quotas
>
> Great, now can you just tell me what format the group and user quota
> files are in?
Actually, these are binary data files, and should not be tampered with.
>
> I try edquota, but with lines like
>
> guest 1000
>
> edquota doesn't parse. Whats the secret?
If when you run edquota, you get a blank screen, you don't have it setup
quite right yet. I may have neglected to mention a few steps which may be
why you are having difficulty. So here is the proper order in which to do
things.
1. Compile the kernel with options QUOTA
2. Edit /etc/fstab and add userquota and/or groupquota to the file
systems in which you want to have quotas apply. Putting quotas
on /tmp is a very bad idea.
3. Run quotaon -a to enable quotas on all selected file systems
4. Run quotacheck -av to build an initial list of who owns what
and how many files.
5. Run edquota username to set quotas on a particular user.
You should see for example:
edquota andreww
Quotas for user andreww:
/home: blocks in use: 29000, limits (soft = 0, hard = 0)
inodes in use: 720, limits (soft = 0, hard = 0)
Edit this file as you see fit.
6. Run edquota -t to set time limits for over-quota conditions
(although I can't seem to get this to work right at the moment).
7. Run quotacheck occasionally to fixup any inconsistancies that may
occur.
Good luck!
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