You can also combine steps 2-4 into one step and just run "quotacheck -u -v /home". It does the same thing.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 9:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: disk quotas on redhat 7.2 Edit the file /etc/fstab: Add userquota after defaults, using lower case. 1.) /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults, userquota 1 2 Then create two files for the partions 2.) touch /home/quota.user 3.) touch /home/quota.group 4.) chmod 600 /home/quota.user 5.) chmod 600 /home/quota.group You must reboot the system. 6.) edquota -u sam ( username ) Soft limit = Maximum amount of disk disk usage a quota user can have on the system. Hard limit = A user cannot go beyond. If this limit is reached, the user will not be able to use any additional space. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list