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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: gak! yet another idiot beginner asking stupid stuff!
Message-ID: <5WBBI9G@xds13.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
References: <9852@star.cs.vu.nl> <9105102589@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org> <1991May13.124327.21919@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> <1991May14.202411.3372@nuchat.sccsi.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 91 23:12:08 GMT

In article <1991May14.202411.3372@nuchat.sccsi.com> kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
> On systems without disk quota, the approach taken by System V
> is the Right Answer (IMHO). But the System V approach leads to problems on 
> systems that implement disk quota (you want more space?  chown your files to 
> root! :-)...

That depends on how they implement disk quota. There are two basic approaches:
by user ID, or by directory tree. Each of them has problems, but at least
doing it by directory tree doesn't force you to make chown su only.

Of course if you can get your file into someone else's directory tree you
can blow your quota... but if you can do that you can cause other problems
anyway, so what's the point?
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"
