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Date:      30 Jun 2003 13:52:00 -0500
From:      Ryan Dooley <dooleyr@missouri.edu>
To:        Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tree-based quotas for UFS/UFS2?
Message-ID:  <1056999120.17014.26.camel@appleseed.iats.missouri.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030630123419.Y15622@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>
References:  <1056655254.29167.5.camel@appleseed.iats.missouri.edu> <20030630123419.Y15622@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>

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> By tree-based you mean the ability to define "this directory and
> everything under it gets X amount of storage, regardless of owner"?
> If so, I also wish this ability existed, and I've talked with several
> administrators of ISPs that sorely need that ability as well.  If it
> is a monumental undertaking, maybe some hosting providers who use
> FreeBSD and would greatly benefit from such a feature would be willing
> to fund it.

Yup... quotas per directory (not per user or group).

I've been thinking I might take on such a project (I just need to devote
some time on the good old calendar ;-)

I wouldn't think this would be that difficult (it's not trivial but I
wouldn't think it is an evil monster :-)

Ryan



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