I have not installed 5.5 at work yet (still waiting for the CD's), but from memory it allows you to specify group quota as well as user quota.
Setting the group quota will limit just the files in the users home directory. (Only files stored under users home directory are in the users group - anything in an ibay is in the ibay group.) Note that any mail stored on the server will also count against the users group quota. Rasjid. > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg J. Zartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2002 7:18 AM > To: Devinfo > Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] Quotas > > > Could someone please clarify for me the quota function under SME 5.5? > Based on what I currently understand of this function, it seems of > little value. The server-manager states that quotas include both data > stored in a users home directory as well as information in an Ibay. > > Including data stored in an Ibay doesn't seem to make any sense. Here's > why: Let's say that Engineer Fred here in my office creates an AutoCAD > drawing that's 200mb in size and stores that file in a project directory > located in an ibay. Later, my boss QCs the drawing and finds mistakes. > Fred's gone on vacation, so the boss asks me to make the changes. I > do so and save the file. Now SME thinks I'm storing 200mb of additional > data on the server even though I didn't physically create or store the > file on the server. Given a situation, or situations, like this, a > persons quantity of stored data could vary significantly depending on > what type of work they are engaged in. > > Seems it would make more sense to count only that data stored in a > persons home directory when computing quotas. This insures that users > are only limited on the amount of data that they personally store on the > server. > > -- > Greg J. Zartman, P.E. > Vice-President > > Logging Engineering International, Inc. > 1243 West 7th Avenue > Eugene, Oregon 97402 > 541-683-8383 541-683-8144 > www.leiinc.com > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives by mail and > http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
