Todd Lyons wrote: > Ben Reser wrote on Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:32:44AM -0700 : > >>On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 03:10:37PM +0200, Claudio wrote: >> > To expand on this, quotas *DO* work for ext3. They can be set and the > kernel enforces them. However, users cannot see their own quota. > That's a result of the "move policy out of the kernel" notion. It > *enforces* policy, but it is not used to *make* policy. The XFS code > however does both. > > As root, you can view users' quota, but as a user, you cannot view your > own using ext3. In XFS, it works like it used to. > > If need be, I can repost (or send to the original poster offlist) a very > long detailed message about quotas on the current kernel. Stew has > taken a very detailed look into quota and the quotactl() function as > implemented in the kernel and we understand what it's doing and why the > limitation exists.
I would assume then that samba (using the kernel interfaces?) would only be able to show the free disk space on a share as the remaining quota on XFS then (and not ext2/3)? (I haven't had a chance to test yet ...) Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
