Re: How to enforce disk quotas for MySQL users?

From: those who know me have no need of my name (not-a-real-address_at_usa.net)
Date: 07/12/03 

Date: 12 Jul 2003 02:53:54 GMT

in comp.unix.admin i read:

>I want to be able to enforce disk quotas on my MySQL users.

>I tried this, which *almost* worked, (with example user "x"):
> * move data files to directory in user x's home directory
> * chown all data fils to x:mysql
> * simlink to the data directory from the MySQL default data directory

>Setting SGID worked -- it forced group ownership on new files -- but I can't
>see how that will help me enforce *user* quotas.

one group per user, with on that user as a member, the db directory set
sgid that group with a *group* quota applied. 

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