Re: Reminder: quotas and accounting please

Aidan Dixon (aidan@vivaldi.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 10 Oct 1995 18:18:29 +0100 (BST)


On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Tom Dyas wrote:

> > Don't wanna push you kernel-developers too hard but I seem to remember way
> > back in the 1.1 series that Linus promised us quotas and accounting would
> > be added during 1.3. Hope it's still going to be done. Anybody care to
> > comment either way on the matter? I've not noticed any new developments
> > in this sphere for a while.
>
> I have bsd accounting patches for 1.3.21 and 1.3.28 if anyone cares.
>

If these are going to go ultimately into the kernel then I'll be happy to try
them. When you say "patches", do you therefore not include the various
associated programs (accton, sa etc.)? If not, will earlier implementations
of these tools suffice? There are two different implementations around
somewhere - if I remember correctly.

Cheers,
Aidan

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Aidan Thomas Dixon - aidan.dixon@vivaldi.demon.co.uk |
+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| 24 Keppel Street | If we do happen to step on mine, Sir, what |
| Dunston | should we do? |
| Gateshead. NE11 9AR | Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump |
| United Kingdom | 200 feet into the air and scatter oneself |
| (+44) (0) 191 421 4961 | over a wide area. |
+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+