Limit user space

[j1s]

Hi.

How do I limit the space a user can save/store files. Say I want each user just to have 500MB of space. How/where do I define that.

I'm running a Ubuntu 7.10 server, fresh install, with Apache, PHP and MySql.

J1s

[devils casper]

Enable filesystem Quota to limit disk space usage for users and/or groups.

[j1s]

Thank you, but isn't there an easier way?

[Allblack]

This is the purpose of quotas and as easy as it gets

[athlon_crazy]

Use virtual filesystem with "dd"

example set user1 home folder for 20MB
~$:dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/user1/user1-disk.ext3 count=40960

Make ext3
~$:mkfs.ext3 /home/user1/user1-disk.ext3

Add into /etc/fstab
/home/user1/user1-disk.ext3 /home/user1 rw,loop 0 0

Mount
mount -o loop=/dev/loop0 /home/user1/user1-disk.ext3 /home/user1

Testing
- Copy size larger than 20MB sure you will get error message "no space left"
- run ~$df -m
- run ~$mount

ariyossss

[j1s]

Now we're talking. But what if I have a lot of users? More than 50.

[athlon_crazy]

It's easy! go for quota ...

[j1s]

OK, I'll give it a try during the weekend. Thanks a lot.