From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 1a2555ef for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 14:27:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id ED0029B83E; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:27:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9FE29B843; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:27:34 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=servium.ch header.i=@servium.ch header.b="mcq21581"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4330E9B826; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:27:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f172.google.com (mail-pf1-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA6749B7FC for ; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:27:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f172.google.com with SMTP id u22so4084930pfm.3 for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 07:27:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=servium.ch; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=7UfOCPnmqRnNXuYwwNerJIHZvHJ9+7RiIQHPCgxxPtU=; b=mcq21581pwOQEHQtnKim2OjfQJBpKkuXHP6z9FR9fL+ArChXdi/l2USZo61UbrrWRV wyyhseWfMU+Xnjkyv/Z1siq/MPnkvu5viBuyB4vwiE973GcZwuBhcoiFonnnx6qBIhA4 BEjwvWwYXmJy6Rj2DRfqB8MqmwSP6Jhw3qF4Y= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7UfOCPnmqRnNXuYwwNerJIHZvHJ9+7RiIQHPCgxxPtU=; b=uUtlc+V2ZSvOzSwR98PaPeUWFT7E0rBgPIxqPN9VUu4SByGRsU0OD1VRQpkrGsGawE tA+Pv2ZYJDSFGaRr6bZjcz4a3jAF4W8kqraueBwJxCOzrnC2O05S8pHEDTGejr5M1scU 7t+0M1S21RAwAaDOdVxzpjb9mpHB/HR6smsOg5X2klwQLZ2IIYVTAqb18h1Zq01I+PNk 7gCoUiAPEdkZe3GS5cLjwwrTxFS6GtuiXTLcNsz7lBgqpE5YLpe9HMGM87EpPPBt0WsT X/H23LntzKoAiRrOxDE97ddpV1+MHiMlM/e5tkuXyysrF4pWlOxZjUZbbDMBc2Ip2aAQ H8sw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUnU0VUubblNnDWWzUYrH14Tz+PuqHjolGzuvsWQhOruSx+fVsN Deb+7LICifrIUH0MCiMQqowxeev5ak8qPMjjLuigEQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxJpfdXVAcjOeMjExqh+33ltgEqVzNxbM/eVJF0PmcXBFmCsAJ1iuEK94Tv96mnlIgNaTqwaFtnuYQ8LrVmk6w= X-Received: by 2002:a63:2486:: with SMTP id k128mr1255445pgk.125.1559226437936; Thu, 30 May 2019 07:27:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <975B93B6-AD7C-41B5-A14D-2DE4FEFAD3A6@kdbarto.org> In-Reply-To: <975B93B6-AD7C-41B5-A14D-2DE4FEFAD3A6@kdbarto.org> From: Rico Pajarola Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 16:27:04 +0200 Message-ID: To: david@kdbarto.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f55364058a1bb1f0" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Quotas - did anyone ever use them? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000f55364058a1bb1f0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Every university that allowed "general" student access used disk quotas. I remember 1MB file quota on the system I had access to. And of course we found all kinds of tricks to get around those quotas (e.g. "giving away" large files to someone with leftover quota), which is why on many systems you're not allowed to chown files if you're not root. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 3:58 PM David wrote: > I think it was BSD 4.1 that added quotas to the disk system, and I was > just wondering if anyone ever used them, in academia or industry. As a user > and an admin I never used this and, while I thought it was interesting, > just figured that the users would sort it out amongst themselves. Which > they mostly did. > > So, anyone ever use this feature? > > David > > --000000000000f55364058a1bb1f0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Every university that allowed "general" student = access used disk quotas. I remember 1MB file quota on the system I had acce= ss to. And of course we found all kinds of tricks to get around those quota= s (e.g. "giving away" large files to someone with leftover quota)= , which is why on many systems you're not allowed to chown files if you= 're not root.

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 3:58 PM David <david@kdbarto.org> wrote:
I think it was BSD 4.1 that added quo= tas to the disk system, and I was just wondering if anyone ever used them, = in academia or industry. As a user and an admin I never used this and, whil= e I thought it was interesting, just figured that the users would sort it o= ut amongst themselves. Which they mostly did.

So, anyone ever use this feature?

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 David

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