Thanks to Peter Stern (peter@wiscpa.weizmann.ac.il) and Marie-Claude
Vialatte (MC.Vialatte@cust.univ-bpclermont.fr) for replying and
clarifying.


My original post:


>>>>

<excerpt>I'm trying to figure out what are the specific differences
between user and

group quotas.


Is a group quota the maximum amount of disk space that each member in
the

group can use, or the max space for the group as a whole?


Also, are quotas calculated by file ownership?


Sorry for these amateur questions. Hopefully I'll post more challenging

problems in the future.

</excerpt><<<<<<<<


The answer was group quotas define the max amount of disk space that
files owned by a particular group can take up -- not the max amount of
space that files owned by each group member take up.


The simplified answer: quotas are calculated by file ownership. (Group
quotas -> group ownership, user quotas -> user ownership). 


Some things are easier than they seem.


As always, however, I was very pleased by the response time.


Cheers,


ian



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