LPM: perl & c++

[David Pitts]

If I remember correctly (and I have been wrong more times than not the past
week), Linux handles quotas based on file ownership and not location.  Can
anyone validate this?

Thanks,

David
David Pitts
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Soward" <soward at uky.edu>
To: <lexington-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: LPM: perl & c++


> Rich Bowen wrote:
> >
> > Joe Hourcle wrote:
> > ...
> > > You might want to write it out to temp space (/tmp, if on a unix box)
if
> > > you're having quota problems.
> >
> > Some *nixes handle quote based on file ownership, not file location.
> >
> I'm not aware of any...most are ownership based, but limited to the
> particular FS on which quota's are enabled and configured....I'm sure
> there are other optional packages for various OSes from third parties,
> just as there are for ACLs and other items. The Perl Quota package
> wouldn't work for them ;)
>
> --
> John Soward
> Lead Systems Programmer, Technical Services, University of Kentucky
> p: 606.257.2900x298  e:soward at uky.edu  w: http://neworder.cc.uky.edu/
>