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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Download quotas for users Post 302273272 by greadey on Saturday 3rd of January 2009 04:48:17 PM
Old 01-03-2009
Download quotas for users

Hi peeps,

I have a teenage lad who needs to learn some discipline with internet access etc. etc. My main problem is that he is downloading so much that he is using more than his fair share. What I'd like to do is set a download quota for him so that he can learn what this all means. Can anyone point me to decent tools / tutorials / or show me how to do this? I have his mother's support on this so this should not turn into a lesson in teenage behaviour :-).
 

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RQUOTAD(8)						      System Manager's Manual							RQUOTAD(8)

NAME
quota_nld - quota netlink message daemon SYNOPSIS
quota_nld [[ -D | -C ][ -F ][ -b ]] DESCRIPTION
quota_nld listens on netlink socket and processes received quota warnings. By default quota_nld forwards warning messages to both the sys- tem's DBUS (so that the desktop manager can display a dialog) and the last-accessed terminal of the user to whom each warning is directed. Either of these destinations can be disabled with the -D and -C options, respectively. In the case of the user's terminal, quota messages about falling below the hard and soft limits are not sent unless the -b option is speci- fied. In the case of the DBUS, all quota messages are sent. Note, that you have to enable the kernel support for sending quota messages over netlink (in Filesystems->Quota menu). OPTIONS
-V, --version Show version of quota tools and exit. -h, --help Show a usage message and exit. -D, --no-dbus Do not forward quota warnings to DBUS. -C, --no-console Do not print quota warnings to the user's last-accessed terminal. -b, --print-below If quota warnings are printed to users' terminals, include messages about falling below their hard and soft limits. -F, --foreground Run daemon in foreground (may be useful for debugging purposes). SEE ALSO
quota(1), netlink(7), dbus.freedesktop.org RQUOTAD(8)
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