On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Pete's mailing list account wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chris wrote: > > > This quota works fine and enforces the limit correctly when a user > > attempts to put any files in that filesystem via the shell - but when a > > user recieves mail it is placed into their mail file - regardless of their > > disk quota. So affectively the mail system is quotaless. > > Chris, > > It's actually a linux kernel bug crawling through your system at > this very moment. Whatever program puts mail into mailboxes is doing so > as root and then chown's the mailbox back to the original owner. This > process doesn't slam into quotas the way that it should, unless you're > lucky like me and are using procmail as your local delivery agent, in > which case users experienced bounced mail as soon as they go over > softquota. > > I believe a kernel bug is open regarding this, but I wouldn't hold > your breath about it. > > --Pete
How is it a kernel bug? .. If the program is suid'd to run a root, shouldn't it assume the root's quota (none) instead of the user's? To me it sounds like a MTA bug.. QMail works just fine for me.. -Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
