question regarding quotas
Josh Brooks
user at mail.econolodgetulsa.com
Sun Jun 29 15:02:28 PDT 2003
Hi Dan,
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:
> Quotas are per-user, not per-directory. Any files those users create,
> anywhere in that filesystem, will contribute to their quota. Files
> created by other userids but placed in those directories will count
> against the other user's quota.
>
> Basically what happens with per-directory quotas is that the users
> learn not to put files in their homedir :) They end up finding
> someplace that they can write to outside their homedir and put files
> there instead.
Thank you. Do per-directory quotas exist (in any fashion) in FreeBSD ? I
am looking for a way to do per-directory, even if it is a hack of some
kind...
thanks.
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