Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!vision!chris From: chris@vision.UUCP (Chris Davies) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Printer accounting and cutoff from UNIX: is it possible? Summary: YES IT IS Message-ID: <1027@vision.UUCP> Date: 6 Mar 90 18:19:45 GMT References: <1156@dutrun.UUCP> <37623@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <2985@auspex.auspex.com> <1159@dutrun.UUCP> Reply-To: chris@vision.UUCP (Chris Davies) Organization: VisionWare Ltd., Leeds, UK Lines: 31 In article <1159@dutrun.UUCP> winfave@dutrun.UUCP (A.Verbraeck) writes: >back to the original question: is something LIKE quotas also possible >for the number of PRINTED PAGES? Is there a UNIX system out there where >users have a LIMITED number of pages to spend??? > ... >Hey: we aren't living in the stone age anymore!! Doesn't anyone have a >PROGRAM for this? At the (UK) University I attended, this was indeed the case. The Computer Science dept had a setup whereby undergraduates had quotas for connect-time, printer pages PER PRINTER, and of course, disk quota (both preferred and enforced). The printer-paper quota was quite generous for the ordinary printers, but the laser printer was *very* restricted. All quotas were refreshed on a weekly basis. This was on Ultrix a couple of years ago. I don't know whether they still have this setup or not. For all of you who wonder why the Dept hasn't replied to this article thread: it's simple: they are not on Usenet (but they are accesible via email). However, I'm prepared to forward a message to their sysadmin (MAIL me), and if s/he chooses, it can be taken from there (with email, not news). Chris -- VISIONWARE LTD | UK: chris@vision.uucp JANET: chris%vision.uucp@ukc 57 Cardigan Lane | US: chris@vware.mn.org OTHER: chris@vision.co.uk LEEDS LS4 2LE | BANGNET: ...{backbone}!ukc!vision!chris England | VOICE: +44 532 788858 FAX: +44 532 304676 -------------- "VisionWare: The home of DOS/UNIX/X integration" --------------