it sure did. i cant thank you enough, my friend. ive been struggling with this for 3 days. ive read all the man pages 10 times.
ugh. you are my new hero. nk On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 07:59:20PM -0600, Henrik Schmiediche wrote: > > Hello, > I also had a horrible time... until I figured out that on the "stock" Linux > kernels seem to support only the "old quota" format (vfsold, file > quota.user) while the redhat kernels use the new quota format (vfsv0, file > aquota.user). This seems to work: > > 1) add user and/or group quotas to /etc/fstab: > > LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 2 > or > LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 2 > > for user and user//group quotas respectively. Do this for all file systems > you want quotas. > > 2) reboot - you will get a quotaon error message... > > 3) create quota file(s): > > quotacheck -augv -F vfsold (stock kernel) > or > quotacheck -augv -F vfsv0 (redhat kernel) > > You may need to add the "-m" flags as well (see the man pages). > > 4) turn quotas on (or reboot). > quotaon -a > > 5) check quotas and edit them... > repquotarep -a > edquota <user> > > Hope this helps. > > - Henrik > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicholas A. Martini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:33 PM > Subject: redhat 7.2 and quotas. > > > > has anyone else has a horrible time getting quotas to work with redhat > > 7.2? i use a custom kernel (with quotas enabled) and nothing works. > > > > ie: > > > > root@glric:~# quotaon /virtual/wp.com/ > > quotaon: using /virtual/wp.com/quota.user on /dev/hdc1: No such file or > > directory > > > > root@glric:~# quotacheck -avu > > quotacheck: Scanning /dev/hdc1 [/virtual/wp.com] done > > quotacheck: Checked 208 directories and 2814 files > > > > root@glric:~# repquota -a > > *** Report for user quotas on device /dev/hdc1 > > Block grace time: 00:20; Inode grace time: 00:20 > > Block limits File limits > > User used soft hard grace used soft hard grace > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > root -- 5756 0 0 484 0 0 > > nobody -- 12832 0 0 4 0 0 > > modulus -- 6892 6900 7000 266 0 0 > > bill -- 22976 0 0 448 0 0 > > zookeeper -- 6676 0 0 217 0 0 > > laura -- 440 0 0 64 0 0 > > rdnzl +- 10648 9500 9550 none 140 0 0 > > > > and quotas are not enforced. > > > > i think i read somewhere i have to use an -ac kernel or redhats to have > > quotas work. > > > > any ideas? > > > > nk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Nicholas A. Martini [Autonomous Drone #AD-2918787-REJ] > > Redhat Certified Engineer [#807101313203345] > > http://www.devaluate.com [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > [cynical: a word used by the frightened to describe the realistic] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Nicholas A. Martini [Autonomous Drone #AD-2918787-REJ] Redhat Certified Engineer [#807101313203345] http://www.devaluate.com [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [cynical: a word used by the frightened to describe the realistic] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
