Directory Size

[Ramesh.K.R.]

Hi Experts,

Is there any way in which we can restrict (limit) the size of a directory in HP-UX ??
If so, how ?

Thanks & Regards,
Ramesh.K.R.

[Muthukumar_5]

You can allocate a file size with prealloc. For directory size restriction we have to setup quota setup only.

See quota and quotaon man pages.

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Muthu

[Ramesh.K.R.]

Hi,

Thanks for the repply. But, "quota" can only be used with users (home dir). Right ?

Regards,
Ramesh.K.R.

[Muthukumar_5]

We can setup for any directory also. It is based on file system.

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Muthu

[Ramesh.K.R.]

Hi Muthu,

Can you pl explain with an example ?? (commands)

Thanks & Regards,
Ramesh.K.R.

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

there is an example in the quota man page

# man 5 quota

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Asif Sharif]

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60103/quota.5.html

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Ramesh,

more information is available (with examples) in the docs!
see:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B3921-90010/quota.5.html

also note that Quotas can be defeated if the chown command is accessible to a user.

hope this helps too!
kind regards
yogeeraj

[Ivan Ferreira]

Hi Ramesh, quotas are enabled per file system, that is, you can enable quotas on any directory that acts as a mount point (what you see with bdf). The problem is that this is not on a per directory limit, is per user or group. You cannot set differents limits for the same user to different directories on the same file system.

[DCE]

If all you want to do is restict a directory to a set size, just make a lvol of the desired size and mount it as the directory in question.

[Ramesh.K.R.]

Hi,

Thanks all for your important inputs.
After going through all the docs / man pages. I have come to this conclusion.
1. There is no direct way of restricting directory size in HP-UX.
2. quota command works / applies only w.r.t. users.

Thanks & Regards,
Ramesh.K.R.

[Ramesh.K.R.]

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