Don't use a secure kernel. The secure kernel does not give out quota information to users.
gikoreno wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This is a repost from the newbie list, so sorry about that, I haven't > had a reply yet. > > I am running LM 8.2, and all my partitions are XFS. > I am also running the system with msec level 5. > The machine's Kernel is : kernel-secure-2.4.18.8 > > Today I setup quotas for my users. I added the lines that were needed in > fstab, and the quotas are being enforced. For some reason it only works > certain times... "edquota" opens up an editor, in which I make the > changes and then save and quit. Is there a better way of doing this? One > that works every time? am I missing a step? > > > My problem is that I would like my users to know what their current > quota is, and for some reason typing quota doesn't work (the users for > which I tried this command do have quota enforced). > > If a user types "quota", > they get something like: > "Disk quotas for user XXX(uid XXXX): none" > > If they type "quota -v" they get something like: > << > Disk quotas for user XXX (uid XXXX): > Filesystem blocks quota limit grace files quota limit grace > /dev/hda5 0 0 0 0 0 0 > /dev/hdc7 0 0 0 0 0 0 > >> > > Yet, if I check their quota as root, I get the accurate values. > In other words, the quota command works as expected only if I am running > it as root. > > I am guessing it might be that quota can't read something that contains > the quota info when it is run as a user. What else could it be? What > should I try? > > I read the XFS info about the quota system on SGI's site (and in the > docs), but they all seem to imply that it should be possible to run the > quota command as a user and get the proper result. An edquota is > supposed to work every time... > > My third and last question is that I would like the quota info to be > displayed for each user when they log on through ssh. How do I make that > happen? > > Thanks in advance! > > gikoreno > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > <http://www.excite.com/?PG=Email&SEC=Signature>* > The most personalized portal on the Web! -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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