On 12.8.2014 13:04, Jochen Bern wrote:
On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Jiri Bourek wrote:
On 10.8.2014 06:18, Will Yardley wrote:
Depends on the environment; in many cases, the admin could, or may even
be expected to, raise the quota.
If you're expected to raise the quota in case it's exceeded, don't set
it in the first place, there is no point to it. Or - if you really want
that exercise in futility - use quota_warning and raise it automatically.
Where exactly did you read "automatically"?
Users need reminders not to be disk hogs. Managers want to be asked
before company resources get allocated. Sysadmins may want to verify
that it's actually the *user* using the disk space and not some software
or e-mail problem. Quotas and their getting exceeded provide a hook for
all these (non computer-only) procedures, even if the quota eventually
*does* get raised for all cases of proper need.
You can do all of those things as a reaction to quota_warning e-mail
sent to you _before_ the account exceeds its quota. No need to hit the
error path by actually exceeding the quota.
