Hi All,
I had been trying to setup disk quotas on an iMac with multiple users. I had been asking around and no none could tell me an easy way other than partitioning the HD for each user. This would be easy but what if I want to add more users or delete users and reallocate the free space. So I have found the solution, which was there the whole time I had been searching.
1. Download Webmin and install on the machine you want to use quotas on. It might be a little difficult for some people but just read the instructions and you will have no problems.
2. Login to Webmin, click on the System button, tyhen click on the Disk quotas button.
3. Choose the filesystem where you want disk quotas enabled. Then choose users and set your quotas.
Optional: If the users exceed their limits do you want to give them a grace period to backup and delete some data. (Good in educational situations)
If you have any problems let me know.
I was able to setup disk quotas starting from step2 in less than 10 minutes.
Bill
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