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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 1999 20:53:20 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Ho Seng Yip <hsengyip@singnet.com.sg>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Disk Quotas
Message-ID:  <19990414205320.D23745@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <000901be865d$f4745de0$80af15a5@oasis>; from Ho Seng Yip on Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 06:01:58PM %2B0800
References:  <000901be865d$f4745de0$80af15a5@oasis>

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On Wednesday, 14 April 1999 at 18:01:58 +0800, Ho Seng Yip wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently running FreeBSD 3.1 and am looking for a way to restrict the
> amount of disk space a user can consume whether for mails or FTP. I looked
> into the handbook and it suggested compiling the kernel with the statement,
> 'options  QUOTA'.
>
> Besides using this method, may I know if there are other ways of restricting
> disk space comsumption ?

You could also restrict the size of the file system, but it's not a
good way to go.  What's your problem with quotas?

Greg
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