[BlueOnyx:02379] Re: disable quotas

[Gerald Waugh]

Michael Stauber wrote; Monday, September 14, 2009 10:08 AM
Subject: [BlueOnyx:02378] Re: disable quotas


> Hi Gerald,
>
>> BTW active monitor 'disk usage' indicates that all sites and all users 
>> have
>> unlimited quota.
>
> Well yeah: This is how you - from a technical point of view - disable 
> quota on
> the system. And you need to remount /home at least and have to reboot to 
> put
> it into effect.
>
> But the trouble will start soon thereafter. cmuExport and cmuImport will 
> fail
> as they expect a working quota system. Then there is Active Monitor. 
> Whenever
> it runs to check the current disk quota for sites and users, it'll bitch. 
> And
> when you create or modify sites and users, certain scripts will also exit 
> with
> errors as the quota related commands suddenly fail.
>
> So long term wise that'll all be very unhealthy.
>
Michael,

I agree that there will probably be trouble...
I was just playing with a spare server...
In no way was I recommending that someone disable quota

Gerald