files limit
 

Hi Guys

how can we limit number of files will be created on a disk ?

e.g, i have a disk with 2 partition how can i limit every partition to allow create only 10 files or directory on each partition ?

thx in advance

Hi,

I don't know how or if it can be done,
take a look here (I know it's for FAT32 filesystem) and here (NTFS)
Nice table layout of FS.

I hope someone might have some info about Linux FS (ext..), I only found this.

Btw, you could use google yourself.

good luck

thx man but my disk file system is ext3

What do you expect to do by limiting to 10 files on a partition?
This seems to be a very low unusable number.
If this was music or pictures, do you only want to allow 10 tracks or images?

If you only want users to store a small amount of files, then limit the size of their partition,
or their /home partition.
Hope that helps.

I think it can be done by limiting number of inodes on filesystem during creation (option -i and -I in mkfs.ext3) or implementing quotas for inodes for given account or group (for example quotatool on Ubuntu).

i have 10 big DB files and i want to reserve all space for them !

i think limiting number of inodes is a good way i think we can do that with mkfs

Or you might exaine the settings...
 

Have you looked into using the quota system?
I have used it for group, server, and virtual machine quotas, but never for what you are seeking. It might be worth taking a look at.

So, no better option would be allowing only acoount associated with database server to create files and disallowing write access for others?