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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, 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 1c57d049 for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 14:36:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D178C9B849; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:36:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B030B9B7FC; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:35:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F40109B6B2; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:35:54 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 393 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:35:54 AEST Received: from castor.opentrend.net (li1631-87.members.linode.com [172.104.51.87]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E639B6B2 for ; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:35:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mira.opentrend.net (mira.opentrend.net [119.18.33.224]) by castor.opentrend.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2945A044; Thu, 30 May 2019 14:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 00:29:01 +1000 (AEST) From: Robert Brockway X-X-Sender: robert@mira.opentrend.net To: David In-Reply-To: <975B93B6-AD7C-41B5-A14D-2DE4FEFAD3A6@kdbarto.org> Message-ID: References: <975B93B6-AD7C-41B5-A14D-2DE4FEFAD3A6@kdbarto.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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" On Thu, 30 May 2019, 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? As an undergrad in the 90s I was most definitely subject to quotas on university systems. I believe Unix filesystem quotas have been widely used. FWIW I have quotas enabled on my home fileserver (without enforcement) just so I can see user utilisation at a glance. Cheers, Rob