Re: default quota limits in linux (via quotactl())

[Walt H <waltabbyh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that the hotplug stuff does this. When a new hotpluggable pci, 
usb etc... device is plugged into the system, it triggers /sbin/hotplug 
to run to look for the appropriate kernel module to provide a driver.

-Walt


Stefan (metze) Metzmacher wrote:
> At 13:37 28.01.2003 +0100, Jan Hudec wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 03:20:34AM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:57:47AM +0100, Jan Hudec wrote:
> > >
> > > > So you can only setquota for the users that actualy log in
> > >
> > > the API allows you to set quota for any valid uid/gid
> >
> > Yes, it does. But since there is many more valid users than those
> > actualy using the system, you don't want to... And a logged in user is
> > sure valid, so no problem there, right?
> >
> > > > Well, it get's complicated, but you still can setquota in the local
> > > > delivery process... I know it get's a bit complicated...
> > >
> > > sure, this is a perfectly legitimate argument and a fairly reasonable
> > > solution to this case
> >
> > If it finaly got too complicated, you could add a simple code to kernel,
> > that would run_usermodehelper and provide a user mode program to fix
> > things up. That might even get a chance of being accepted. (And it would
> > be more flexible since it can get the default quota from LDAP etc...)
>
>
> is there an example( another place in the kernel where the kernel 
> callback a userspace tool)
>
> can you point me to the place (the function) where the quota 
> entry/object will be created for new users,
> so this should be the location where the userspace tool should be 
> callback...
>
> that would be a cool solution, witch I could accept too:-)
>
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> metze
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