Problem with quota command showing users as not having quotas set, yet showing root that quotas were set has been
resolved. The resolution lies in correcting permissions on .etc.fstab file, which I had set to 700, and which needed
to be set to 444.
The solution was provided by Robin Kundert -- and is as follows:
Robin Kundert wrote:
> I had a similar problem awhile back. It turned out that I had changed
> the file access permissions on /etc/fstab (owned by root:system) from
> -r--r--r-- to -r--------. Everything returned to normal when I changed
> the permissions back to -r--r--r--.
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Rohn Wood wrote:
>
> > My DU 4.0B installations have recently developed an annoying
> > problem with the 'quota' command. I am using the ADVFS with
> > user quotas, but lately, users who enter the quota command
> > receive output similar to the following:
> >
> > unix: quota
> > Disk quotas for user awsumb (uid 15716): none
> >
> > Whereas, root receives the following:
> >
> > root.selway> quota awsumb
> > Disk quotas for user awsumb (uid 15716):
> > Filesystem blocks quota limit grace files quota limit grace
> > /spool/mail 9 4000 5000 1 15 25
> > /u 51 2010 2512 14 402 502
> >
> > Quotas are still being enforced for users, but I am receiving plenty of complaints about quota being broken.
> >
> > The only thing that I can think of is that this started the day after I installed our sites new CSLG license pak.
> >
> > Any insights would be welcome.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -------------------------------
> > Rohn Wood
> > University of Montana--Missoula
> > UNIX/ULTRIX Administration
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Rohn Wood
University of Montana--Missoula
UNIX/ULTRIX Administration
Received on Wed Dec 10 1997 - 20:10:53 NZDT