Yes, it is possible to use quotacheck on the filesystem which is mounted in read-write mode. However, you should be sure that nobody is performing write operations on the filesystem during the quotacheck run. If there were write operations during the quotacheck run then the filesystem usage data gathered by quotacheck may be incorrect for the files affected by the write operations. For example, the sizes of the changed files may be counted incorrectly, or some files created during quotacheck may not be counted toward the user/group quotas at all, etc. Alexey Fadyushin Brainbench MVP for Linux. http://www.brainbench.com > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John O'Loughlin > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:37 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Enabling quotas on an already existing file system > > > Actually ignore this, the -m option tells it not to remount read only. > > John > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, John O'Loughlin wrote: > > > > > Beware that quotacheck remounts the file system read only, so you don't > want > > to do this when you have any users logged on. > > > > John > > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Padiyath Sreekumaran wrote: > > > >> > >> Hello, > >> OS : RedHat release 4 > >> > >> I have the following situation. At present I have a file system > >> Which is mounted without quota option and users are using it. > >> (/etc/fstab content: > >> /dev/vg00/ftp_data /data xfs defaults 1 2) > >> > >> I want to implement userquota on this file system. I would like to > >> know the following: > >> > >> 1. Can I implement quota on this file system? > >> 2. If I can, Can I do the following: > >> > >> a. unmount /data > >> b. mount with following command: > >> /dev/vg00/ftp_data /data xfs defaults,usrquota 1 2 > >> > >> c. quotacheck -avum > >> > >> d. quotaon -a > >> > >> d. then I will define the quota with "edquota username /data" > >> > >> > >> > >> I donot know whether I have missed anything. I cannot make any > >> test on this production system. > >> > >> Regards > >> Kumar > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Padiyath Sreekumar | Tel: +41.56.310.3643 > >> Paul Scherrer Institut | email: kumar.padiyath@xxxxxx > >> AIT | Office: WHGA/U132 > >> WHGA/U132 | Fax: +41.56.310.3649 > >> CH-5232 Villigen PSI | > >> Switzerland | > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> -- > >> redhat-list mailing list > >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
