On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 12:02:22PM +0200, Claudio Jeker wrote:
> It should also be clear that the maildir quota is not an absolute quota
> and that it is possible to get over the forced quota (the absolute upper limit is
> 2*quota but normaly it is much less).
Is there a better approach to solve the quota problem for
closed systems (so that the quota is calculated and enforced with
to-the-byte precision)? The first thing that comes to mind is
some kind of quota server (this sounds a little too complex for something
this simple, but I have no other ideas). This quota server would sit on
a UNIX domain socket and tally up the quota. It would have queue and
allow for concurrent client access to the quota mechanism. I know you'll
hate this idea. I think better a solution would be a per-directory
quota support on FS level instead of traditional UID-level quota.
