[expert] disk quotas

2001-10-25 Thread Julio Rodriguez
Can anyone tell me where to find a good information about disk quotas and its functionality, implementation, advantages disvantages... etc..? I prefer a spanish document if its possible... txs Julio Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cel: 58 412 70 10 580 Charter Communications International

Re: [expert] disk quotas

2001-10-25 Thread Michael D. Viron
Possibly at http://www.linuxdoc.org ? Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 02:32 PM 10/25/2001 -0400, you wrote: Can anyone tell me where to find a good information about disk quotas and

[expert] [DISK QUOTAS]

2001-10-02 Thread Julio Rodriguez
Hi, recently i installed the disks quotas for the users of my mail server, but there is a problem that I can't figure out: When a person write an e-mail for '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (where domain have the disk quotas) and the user 'someone' have no space left, the MTA sends back a mail

RE: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-15 Thread Denis Havlik
:~We don't want to restrict everybody's Email, just a certain group. :~ :~But how will setting up disk quota alert someone sending a huge Email to :~bounce back saying their mailbox is full, stop sending messages? How about reading some documentation? Sugested reading: - Linux introductery

RE: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-15 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 10:03 PM 11/14/99 -0500, Ian Douglas wrote: maybe i'm missing something. there is no reason you can't have a filesystem called, say, /var/mail for the POP mailboxes. that filesystem has the quota applied to it. this should work (i've done it). We don't want to restrict everybody's

RE: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-15 Thread Ian Douglas
How about reading some documentation? Tried that on the server ... came up kinda short. Trust me, I've worked in Tech Support and know all about "RTFM". - Linux introductery stuff on "users", "groups" and "quotas" Did that. But if you read my last post, you'll find I'm a little confused

RE: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-15 Thread Denis Havlik
: - Linux introductery stuff on "users", "groups" and "quotas" : :Did that. But if you read my last post, you'll find I'm a little confused :about whether disk quota is really what I want to use -- it doesn't seem to :alert anyone to anything unless I run quotacheck once in a while. I want

RE: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-15 Thread Ian Douglas
: Or just pay for a professional support. : :Kinda defeats the purpose of this mailing list then, don'tcha think? No. Purpose of this mailing list is certainly not giving free support to commercial ISP-s. We're not a commercial ISP. We're a church who is hosting a distance education center

[expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-14 Thread Ian Douglas
Hi all. Kind of new to the ways of 'quota'. I setup the disk quotas on my system as per /usr/doc/HOTWO/mini/Quota and I guess it's going to work out. But I'm wondering if I'm using the right tool? Our server is going to host Email accounts for some distance education students and we want to

Re: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-14 Thread John Buswell
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Ian Douglas wrote: Anyhow, I have a feeling that setting up disk quotas is not what I need to use. One thing you could do, is reconfigure your MTA (ie. sendmail, zmailer etc), so that it delivers mail to /home/bob/.mailbox for example, then simply enforce quotas on the

Re: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

1999-11-14 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 05:35 PM 11/14/99 +, John Buswell wrote: On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Ian Douglas wrote: Anyhow, I have a feeling that setting up disk quotas is not what I need to use. One thing you could do, is reconfigure your MTA (ie. sendmail, zmailer etc), so that it delivers mail to /home/bob/.mailbox