RE: directory quota (not user disk quota)

From: Wolfpaw - Dale Corse (admin-lists_at_wolfpaw.net)
Date: 05/31/03 

To: "Mooneer Salem" <mooneer@translator.cx>, "Benny Chee" <bennyc@magix.com.sg>, <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 21:05:56 -0600

You would also need to chmod g+s the directory.. otherwise if
someone wrote to the directory that wasn't in the group, it would
not work.

D.
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Dale Corse
System Administrator
Wolfpaw Services Inc.
http://www.wolfpaw.net
(780) 474-4095

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Mooneer Salem
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:21 PM
> To: Benny Chee; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: directory quota (not user disk quota)
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I would enable group quotas and set the directory's group
> ownership to a
> particular group. Then I would set the group's quota to
> 10MB. It's the
> closest
> you can get to a directory-only quota, assuming you use
> distinct groups per
> directory you want to do this for.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Mooneer Salem
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Benny Chee
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 6:58 PM
> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> Subject: directory quota (not user disk quota)
>
>
> hi,
>
> is it possible to allow directory quota? ie, all
> files in a certain
> directory cannot exceed 10M. how is this done?
>
> benny
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