387105 – corrections in Security Handbook regarding quota usage

Bug 387105 - corrections in Security Handbook regarding quota usage

Summary: corrections in Security Handbook regarding quota usage

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2011-10-14 08:31 UTC by Oleg Gawriloff
Modified:	2011-11-15 18:54 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Oleg Gawriloff 2011-10-14 08:31:43 UTC

1. Regarding quotacheck cronjob.
0 3 * * 0 /usr/sbin/quotacheck -avug
its does not work because quota is enabled is filesystem is mounted rw.
proper line should be:
0 3 * * 0 quotaoff -a && quotacheck -avugm && quotaon -a
2. Regarding quota at boot level.
It does not work because system mounted rw and quotachechk fails.
should be added strings about modyfiying /etc/conf.d/quota: QUOTACHECK_OPTS="-avugm"


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-11-15 18:44:24 UTC

Actually, quotacheck should never be scheduled. As long as your kernel supports quota's, it'll track the usage itself. quotacheck is when the quota files are corrupt. In that case, the user should bring the system in single user mode (or at least make sure no changes occur on the file system) and run quotacheck.

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-11-15 18:54:35 UTC

Fixed in CVS, should show up on the site in an hour or so.