On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 08:55:43PM +0100, Alexander Goeres wrote: > Hello Herbert > > Am Freitag, 31. Oktober 2003 22:53 schrieb Herbert Poetzl: > > > system-call .. (?). The 2.4.22 kernel contains quota-support and I > > > activated it during the its configuration. But obviously this systemcall > > > is missing in the new kernel. > > > > first this isn't obvious, and second I don't think it is missing ... > > Well that's right it wasn't missing, only I forgot to do a mandb. > But nevertheless, I don't succeed to set these limits to vservers. Might be, > that I misunderstood the concept completely. What I learned from the list > was, that the vserver-quotas are intended to work inside the vservers, the > limits set space-limits to the vservers according to their differents > contexts. And that last thing is exactly what I would like to do.. > > Now I only have a lot of questions, and I don't really know where to start.. > > 1. Compiling a kernel that was patched with the patches mentioned in "Per > Context Disk Limits" and that hasn't turned quotas on but with a "Persistent > Context ID" enabled fails. So I have to compile a such kernel with > "Persistent Context ID method of my choice" and with quotas on?
hmm, good point, I should check that ... and yes, you need the quota system, as it is used for the accounting of the disk limits too ... > 2. Well, I did the last several times and vservers worked after rebooting. > What didn't work was the possibility to set a quota to a test-user. > "quotacheck" succeeded, but quotaon -u xxxx -f /dev/hdb7 always failed with > the errmsg: > > > quotaon: using /var/aquota.user on /dev/hdb7 [/var] : No such device or > > address did you add the quota hashes as described in the (short) documentation on http://www.linux-vserver.org/ http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Linux2.6/index.php?page=Per+Context+Disk+Limits > 3. Another problem was then setting limits to a vserver.. > cqhadd -x 2 -v /dev/hdb7 always returned > > cqhadd adding quota hash for /dev/hdb7 ... failed: Function not implemented -ENXIO is returned if the quota hash does not exist, where -EPERM is returned if you don't have the required permission/capability ... > So, what did I do wrong or what am I missing? probably you just forgot to add the quota hash for context 2 (you should not use such low context ids for fixed context numbers, which you should use if you use context tagging ...) best, Herbert > best, > Alexander > > PS: well missing money, understanding and brains, but what is it I didn't get > with these limits? > > ------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel.: +49 (0)30 / 61 20 26 87 > fax: +49 (0)30 / 61 20 26 89 > ------------------------------------------- > lieblinxNET > we do software > a Marwood & Thiele GbR > ------------------------------------------- > reichenberger straße 125 > 10999 Berlin > > http://lieblinx.net > ------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
