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Old 05-13-2008
Disk quota exceeded......
I keep on getting an error on my site saying
Quote:
[function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Disk quota exceeded
I've got a 250GB dedicated server, and have used less than 200mb of that.

The site has only been on the server for just over a month.

What does this mean and how can I sort it?
# 2  
Old 05-13-2008
Someone (an admin only...) has set quota on, type quota -v to see...
# 3  
Old 05-13-2008
I typed quota -v and this is what I got:
Quote:
Disk quotas for user root (uid 0):
Filesystem blocks quota limit grace files quota limit grace
/dev/sda2 184296 0 0 22 0 0
[root@localhost ~]#
# 4  
Old 05-13-2008
And if you didint have quota, you would have:
ant:/home/vbe $ quota -v
no disk quota for uid 0
# 5  
Old 05-13-2008
Okay, I get that. But how do I change it so that there's no quota set then?
# 6  
Old 05-13-2008
Im no linux specialist... on my platform (HP) I know there are a few options...e.g. as root, using commands like quotaon/quotaoff, look if you can find equivalent on your system, I will look for a box that has quotas to see what I did...
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Old 05-13-2008
Thanks vbe
 
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