Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:29:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HELP!: page fault (revisited) Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.92.960416122441.18062G-100000@dingo.enc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.FBS.3.92.960416105342.18062C-100000@dingo.enc.edu>
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On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Charles Owens wrote: > On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Guy Helmer wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Charles Owens wrote: > > > > > Folks: > > > > > > I'm still having trouble with page faults, and it seems to occur when I > > > create users. > > > > > > Some more background: [...] > > > from /var/yp - make -DNOPUSH > > > create new user directory, etc. > > > quotaoff -a > > > edquota -Pprotouser -u newuser > > > quoton -a > > > > > > After last user is created: > > > from /var/yp - make (pushing to NIS sub servers) > > > quotaoff -a > > > quotacheck -a > > > quoton -a > > > > I don't understand the need to do "quotaoff -a" before the edquota and > > "quotaon -a" after the edquota when adding a user, nor anything with > > quotas after the NIS make. As someone else stated, the quota code is > > shaky; perhaps turning quotas off and on triggers some bugs. > > I started doing this based on a recommendation that someone (I believe it > was Terry Lambert) made a while back. Maybe I should try not turning it > on and off... Ok, I've changed my script such that it no longer switches quotas off before doing an equota or a quotacheck. I then processed 25 or so new users (which is usually more than enough to cause a crash) and everything seems to be working fine! Maybe this _was_ the problem. So, this begs the question: Is it bad to run edquota while quotas are enabled? Terry? thanks to all who've responded!!! --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu "I read somewhere to learn is to Information Technology Services remember... and I've learned that Eastern Nazarene College we've all forgot..." - King's X -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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