"Claudio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 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. ;-)
I think you are wrong, on my previous test doing a sync update the quota files. -- Warly
