Need help for setting up quota restrictions

[evilbeing]

Hello

I Would really like to set up some kind of quota management because all my house mates are using up my quota in a matter of weeks!

The first thing I think I need to do is set up a proxy server or domain server or turn my server into a router however I don't quite know how how to do this.

I have been looking for programs that manage the quota but cant find any program on the web.

Is there a program that you can set diffrent quota for diffrent people at diffrent times? and set up some sort of shaping and speed restrictions?

Additional info:
O/S: Don't know yet, leaning towards Ubuntu or Centos
no of users: 5
my skill lvl: moderate
computers: 2 avalable, pentum 4 2.4 GHz

If you require any more info don,t hesitate to ask

thanks.

[davidanand]

check the man page of edquota ...edquota has an soft and hard limit so that you can setup quota to users.

[Tim356]

check the man page of edquota ...edquota has an soft and hard limit so that you can setup quota to users.

Umm.. I think he's talking about internet bandwidth quotas, not disk quotas on a single machine.

Maybe go for an IPCop setup and just throttle the bandwidth to limit their usage?