UNIX admin wrote: >> I will *not* give a user the ability to fill up my >> root slice. I do create >> /export/home and I'd like to hear >> reasons/suggestions/doctrine or dogma >> about why I would not do such a thing. >> > > You do not have to give the user the ability to fill up your root system. > Namely, you can configure disk quota. > >
It would seem to me that handling quotas just means more administrative overhead, which seems to go against the grain of your idea of simplicity. Put me down for the "rearranging the deck chairs" side. I think this may be better suited to be discussed in an Indiana or Caiman discussion group, but I could be wrong. Also, a whole disk layouts doesn't really cover the scenarios of multiple disk systems all that well, unless we are talking about ZFS. I would argue that for well run environments, you can do a good job of slicing root if the specifications for the host are well thought out, and as long as files under /var are under tight control. However, /export/home can be anyone's guess. It could use no space at all, if home directories are served from a NFS environment. > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > >
