Package: quotatool Version: 1.4.9-2 Severity: normal
Accordingly to the manpage, the quotatool command can be invoked in three different ways... quotatool [-u uid | -g gid] [-b | -i] [-r | -l NUM | -q NUM] [-nvR] [-d] fs quotatool -u | -g -t TIME [-nv] fs quotatool [-hV] Now, it actually accepts the "-t" option together other options, like those used to change the user or group quotas. For example... quotatool -t 1d -u someuser -b -q 250Mb -l 300Mb /home This command actually works as expected. However, this command doesn't (it changes the quotas for the "root" user!)... quotatool -u someuser -b -q 250Mb -l 300Mb -t 1d /home This happens because the "-u" (and "-g") option has a different meaning when it appears before "-t". In this case "-u" doesn't accept any parameters but quotatool just ignores this silently. Either quotatool enforces the syntax specified in the manpage (a command with "-t" and user/group quota changing options is invalid and dies right away), or it dies with something like "unknown option 'someuser'" in the case specified above. Like it is now, it is both confusing and wrong. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages quotatool depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries Versions of packages quotatool recommends: ii quota 3.14-4 implementation of the disk quota s -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
