Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!vela!schemers From: schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Roland Schemers III) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Problem with quotas and NFS (ULTRIX -> RISC/os) Summary: quotacheck Keywords: ULTRIX 4.1, RISC/os 4.01, quotas, NFS Message-ID: <6749@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 4 Jun 91 16:03:39 GMT References: Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI. Lines: 23 In article smw@alcor.concordia.ca ( Steven Winikoff ) writes: >The question, of course, is what's going on? Are ULTRIX quotas simply >not supported in an NFS environment? Is there something I have to do >on the RISC/os (MIPS) side? > >Note that both of the two users who have reported this problem to me >were well below their quota at the time. > >The only workaround I've found is to set the quota to zero (ie >unlimited) for the affected users. I have seen this problem happen at here between our VAX6310 and DECstation's all running Ultrix 4.x. Some times users will not be able to create any files via NFS (0 length files only). If I do a quotacheck on the remote system everything then works fine. Anyone know if this is a known bug with a patch? Roland -- Roland J. Schemers III Systems/Network Manager schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Ultrix) Oakland University schemers@argo.acs.oakland.edu (VMS) Rochester, MI 48309-4401 OU in Michigan! Say it slow: M-i-c-h-i-g-a-n (313)-370-4323