> Claudio wrote on Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 06:04:14PM +0200 : >> >> quota DOES NOT work on ext3 filesystem at the moment. I reported this >> problem since 9.0 beta 1... >> If you want to use quote, you MUST use XFS! > > That is incorrect. It does work on ext3 and has worked since beta 1. > The problem is that it doesn't work quite the way you think it does. A > regular user cannot view his own quota usage. This is due to a shift in > kernel theory, the shift being to move "policy" out of the kernel and > into userland. The kernel only supports enforcement of that policy and > not manipulation of that policy.
To be exact, even root cannot see the right quota for a user on ext3 filesystem. The files aquota.* are never up-to-date if root does not run quotacheck. The only thing that really suggest you are out of quota is the message "disk quota exceeded" while you're working. In my opinion, it means that quota does NOT work on ext3. ;-) Claudio
