Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:08:11 +0100 From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Andrew Korff <uncletime@gmail.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Regarding Handbook Section 16.14... Message-ID: <20051209090811.GC942@unixpages.org> In-Reply-To: <2eaadb210512082006q18b977e3v6787228025c654a1@mail.gmail.com> References: <2eaadb210512082006q18b977e3v6787228025c654a1@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 08:06:28PM -0800, Andrew Korff wrote: > I don't know if this is the appropriate address to send this sort of thing > to, but I wanted to suggest regarding the section of the FreeBSD Handbook > concerning File System Quotas (16.14). In 16.14.1, when describing how to > configure your system for quotas, it suggests setting" check_quotas" to "NO" > in /etc/rc.conf for faster booting, but then later states that quota.groupand > quota.user will automatically be created by /etc/rc when you reboot after > setting up quotas. I think some mention should be made of the fact that if > you set "check_quotas" to "NO", /etc/rc will NOT automatically create those > files for you; that you should enable it for the first reboot, and can > disable it after that. This seems to me to be an important distinction, as > users might, as I did, think they should manually create those files, which > can have unpredictable consequences. > Hmm, could you propose am enhancement of the text you'd like to see committed? > Let me know if I should send this suggestion to another address. > No, exactly the right address for something like this. - Christian -- Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDmUl7bHYXjKDtmC0RAit0AJsE/yyveiM3NeyBtjK3I9IOiU2iQwCbBxb7 fleET6qRCDJ8ECaBeQTmdvI= =BwuW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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