[Samba] A question about samba and quote

[Alexander Födisch]

Hi Robert,

how did you implement the quota script in smb.conf? with parameter "dfree"?
can you show us your quota script, please?

thanks very much!
alex


Robert LeBlanc schrieb:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:08 AM, ARPAV\atomelleri in locale <
> atomelleri at arpa.veneto.it> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> We've a Samba server as purely fileserver in AD windows enviroment with
>> a 2k3 server as bdc.
>> Our goal is implement quote to manage disk space usage on samba server.
>> Is it supported by samba ?! if not, which is the best way to approach it ?
>> I did a little search on google but I've not found a clear way or
>> documentation about it, so any advice is really appreciated.
>>
>> thx in advance, Alessio
>>
>>
> We do exactly this in our area. Using the linux quota commands enforce
> quotas for Samba as well. We wrote a pam_exec script to set default quotas
> for people on our server. We also wrote a quota script (specified in
> smb.conf) to return the quotas to Windows so that it shows their quota and
> not the entire disk when they look at the mount point in detail view.
> 
> Robert LeBlanc
> Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
> Brigham Young University