summary: quota command for users

From: <ldg_at_ulysium.net>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 13:17:19 -0400

My original question was:

> The quotas are on, I can edit users' quotas and view them as root with no
> problem. The quotas established are actually enforced, as I tested to make
> sure, by using ftp and uploading files under a regular user account.
> The problem is that regular users can't see their quota when using the quota
> command. There are no errors reported, the result just says "none" instead
> of showing the quota I set for them.
> I double checked on the permissions on the quota command and the quota.*
> files, but if it was a permission problem, it would cause and report an
> error.
> Why can root view a user's quota properly and users only see a quota of
> none?

I received one suggestion, which was to check the permissions on the
/etc/fstab which should be readable by the users if they need to use the
quota command.

It turned out that's what it was, everything else was fine except that read
permission.

The thing is, I wanted to keep the fstab information private, so now any
user can read that... oh well...

-- 
Didier Godefroy
mailto:dg_at_ulysium.net
Received on Mon May 19 2003 - 17:18:22 NZST

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