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Quota doesn't work

Quota was installed according to:
http://www.ispconfig.org/manual_installation.htm
after a rebot I did the following tasks:

Quote:

sarge03:~# quotacheck -avugm
quotacheck: Scanning /dev/hda3 [/] done
quotacheck: Checked 2934 directories and 36983 files
quotacheck: Cannot rename new quotafile //quota.user.new to name //quota.user: Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt
quotacheck: Cannot rename new quotafile //quota.group.new to name //quota.group: Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt
sarge03:~# quotaon -avug
quotaon: using //quota.group on /dev/hda3 [/]: Das Gerät oder die Ressource ist belegt
quotaon: using //quota.user on /dev/hda3 [/]: Das Gerät oder die Ressource ist belegt

I don't no what's wrong.

tom

What's in /etc/fstab?
What's the output of

Code:

df -h

?
What's the output of

Code:

ls -la /

/etc/fstab

Quote:

/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 0 0

df -h

Quote:

/dev/hda3 2,5G 791M 1,6G 34% /
tmpfs 76M 4,0K 76M 1% /dev/shm

Quote:

ls -la

This question seem not complete. ls from where, which directory?

By the way, what does the 0 0 beside defaults,usrquota,grpquota mean?

tom

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom

This question seem not complete. ls from where, which directory?

I didn't ask for the output of

Code:

ls -la

, but

Code:

ls -la /

Quote:

Originally Posted by falko

I didn't ask for the output of

Code:

ls -la

, but

Code:

ls -la /

sorry that's my fault.

there is the output:

Quote:

sarge03:/etc/exim4# ls -la /
insgesamt 236
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2006-04-10 16:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2006-04-10 16:36 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-04-09 19:53 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-04-09 19:51 boot
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 24576 2006-04-10 16:30 dev
drwxr-xr-x 59 root root 4096 2006-04-10 18:32 etc
drwxrwsr-x 7 root staff 4096 2006-04-10 01:25 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-09-27 16:59 initrd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2006-04-09 19:51 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-3-686
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2006-04-09 22:57 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2005-09-27 16:56 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-09-27 16:59 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2004-12-15 23:55 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-09-27 16:59 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 95 root root 0 2006-04-10 16:30 proc
-rw------- 1 root root 2097120 2006-04-10 18:28 quota.group
-rw------- 1 root root 2097120 2006-04-10 16:36 quota.group.new
-rw------- 1 root root 2097120 2006-04-10 16:42 quota.user
-rw------- 1 root root 2097120 2006-04-10 16:36 quota.user.new
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2006-04-10 18:27 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-04-10 00:09 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-09-27 16:59 srv
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 0 2006-04-10 16:30 sys
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 2006-04-10 18:28 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 2006-04-09 20:04 usr
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2006-04-09 21:06 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2006-04-09 19:51 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-3-686

tom

How do I get the quota working?

tom

Run

Code:

rm -f /quota.*

touch /quota.user /quota.group

chmod 600 /quota.*

mount -o remount /

quotacheck -avugm

quotaon -avug

Quote:

Originally Posted by falko

Run

Code:

rm -f /quota.*

touch /quota.user /quota.group

chmod 600 /quota.*

mount -o remount /

quotacheck -avugm

quotaon -avug

In
http://www.ispconfig.org/manual_installation.htm
you explain to do touch /home/aquota.group to put the aquota.group file in home.
Do I need them both, /home/aquota.group and /quota.group?

Where is the right place to create? I think it's / isn't it?
I thought aquota and quote are ony different versions.

PS:
By the way, there are two mistakes in your example code:
http://www.ispconfig.org/manual_installation.htm
1. It should be touch /home/aquota.user and not touch home/aquota.user
2. It should be chmod 600 /home/aquota.* and not chmod 600/home/aquota.*.
_______________________________________missing blank space ^

tom

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom

You want to install quota on /, not /home, so

Code:

rm -f /quota.*

touch /quota.user /quota.group

chmod 600 /quota.*

mount -o remount /

quotacheck -avugm

quotaon -avug

is correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom

PS:
By the way, there are two mistakes in your example code:
http://www.ispconfig.org/manual_installation.htm
1. It should be touch /home/aquota.user and not touch home/aquota.user
2. It should be chmod 600 /home/aquota.* and not chmod 600/home/aquota.*.
_______________________________________missing blank space ^

tom

Thanks for the hint, I've fixed the errors. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by falko

You want to install quota on /, not /home, so

Code:

rm -f /quota.*

touch /quota.user /quota.group

chmod 600 /quota.*

mount -o remount /

quotacheck -avugm

quotaon -avug

is correct.

Thanks for the hint, I've fixed the errors. :)

It's my turn to say many, many thanks to you for your great work and help for all humans:-)

There are still questions.... about the quota. I've created a new thread.

tom