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



On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:13:10AM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:46:19AM +0100, Jan Hudec wrote:
> 
> > While all the 1 milion users actualy ever LOG IN that site?
> 
> what?

So you can only setquota for the users that actualy log in.

> consider a mail server (or series thereof) and quota for mail...

Well, it get's complicated, but you still can setquota in the local
delivery process... I know it get's a bit complicated...

> > And... do they ever log into that site AT THE SAME MOMENT?
> 
> presumably not ... most machines only allow 995,000 simultaneous
> logins unless you have an extra 2M in your 386

Because you could remove the quotas again for users, that logged in, but
their quota is still the default...

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