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

[Stefan Metzmacher <stefan.metzmacher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:18 28.01.2003 -0800, Walt H wrote:
> 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.

I'll look at this...
is get_empty_dquot() or dqget() the right place to callback the user space 
tool?


> > > 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:-)
> >
> >
> > metze
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> >
> > Stefan "metze" Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Stefan Metzmacher

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