Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!larrybud.rtp.dg.com!goudreau From: goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Hard links: Why? Message-ID: <1990Aug6.174353.8073@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 6 Aug 90 17:43:53 GMT References: <1990Jul24.200022.2265@dg-rtp.dg.com> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Reply-To: goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 21 In article , kpc00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (kpc) writes: > > Lets take it one step further. Suppose You have a quota and you > fave a file XXX. Joe Schmo cretes a hrd link to file XXX. Later you > delete the file, but XXX exists as another file name, so your quota > is still charged for file XXX. This can happen, also Joe Schmo > > Maybe the system's quota or file ownership policies can be changed? > For example, if you unlink the file, perhaps the file can be somehow > put in his quota? ... or maybe the BSD implementation of quotas is simply a hack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Goudreau +1 919 248 6231 Data General Corporation 62 Alexander Drive goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!goudreau USA