disk quotas
This is a discussion about disk quotas in the Everything Linux category; I can't seem to get disk quotas running with Redhat9. Everytime I modify the fstab file the machine will say, during reboot, it's dropping to a shell, in which case I run init 5 and change the fstab file back to the way it was.
I can't seem to get disk quotas running with Redhat9. Everytime I modify the fstab file the machine will say, during reboot, it's dropping to a shell, in which case I run init 5 and change the fstab file back to the way it was. I guess my question is, do disk quotas have to be enabled on a seperate partition? I have 3 partitions- /, boot, swap(dual booting w/win2kserv.). I'm trying to enable quotas for the users(ten users, 20 mb each) home folders in the /home directory. Any suggestions? I think I've tried every possible combination in that fstab file.
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Nov 15
Nov 15
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That's usually evidence of asyntax error in your fstab. can you post what the fstab looks like when it's bombing on you. I've never had disk quotas on /home when it's mounted on teh same part as / I always have /home in it on partition.
OP
okay, here's the fstab file:
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
What I want to do is enable quotas for "/home" which is on the "/", on hda5. I've tried adding lines:
LABEL=/ /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1
then
LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1
and finally
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1
the 3rd one didn't give me an error, but I still couldn't start quotas.
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
What I want to do is enable quotas for "/home" which is on the "/", on hda5. I've tried adding lines:
LABEL=/ /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1
then
LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1
and finally
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1
the 3rd one didn't give me an error, but I still couldn't start quotas.
OP
it looks like it might be working. What I did was in the first line of the fstab file(LABEL=/.....) I added usrquota. Then I rebooted successfully and forced a quotacheck. This is the farthest I've gotten, and it's lookin good.
