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quotas for folders?

Hey Guys,

I have a question, did some googling didnt help much!

We have a system where every user account gets his/her own www.site.com/~username and their ftp directory to store stuff.

How do I enable quotas and limit their directory stuff to 10 mb?

As in when a user tried to upload stuff in his directory like a file more than 10mb he must be stopped.

Please assist.

Thanks
RJ

Have a look at the quota package (which contains tools to manage the quota limits). The quota option is typically already enabled in the kernel.

There are howtos at The Linux Documentation Project and at the YoLinux site.

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Originally Posted by ranjitcool (Post 3643265)

install the quota package.

Code:

yum install quota

remount the given drive with the usrquota or/and grpquota flag or for

Code:

mount -o remount,usrquota partition

permanent change -- edit fstab to add usrquota to the relevant drive/partition
turn quotas on.

Code:

quotaon -a

set the allowed quotas.

Code:

edquota -u user

Code:

setquota -u user

check all quotas

Code:

requota -a

check one users quota

Code:

quota -u user

anything else u wanna know, just ask

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oh i forgot 1 bit...

after you turn on quotas, and before you set quotas for any user, run

Code:

quotacheck -avug

this creates the systems disk qutoa files