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Grex > Oldcoop > #62: Disk Quotas on the New Grex Machine | |
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gelinas
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response 55 of 73:
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Jan 25 18:25 UTC 2004 |
I like soft limits for the warnings they give. That's the only thing gained
by 4000/5000.
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remmers
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response 56 of 73:
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Jan 25 21:55 UTC 2004 |
Sounds reasonable.
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bhoward
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response 57 of 73:
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Jan 25 23:25 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, and we can always up it later on if we find this is too low.
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slynne
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response 58 of 73:
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Jan 26 15:30 UTC 2004 |
Makes sense to me.
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twenex
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response 59 of 73:
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Oct 14 01:58 UTC 2004 |
Perhaps we could set the hard limit to double the soft limit, to accommodate
users like Sindi (not crackers, script-kiddies, or graphics-file uploaders.)
Or bump up the hard limit for members?
2, 3, or maybe 4 for a bunch of text files and small executables sounds fine
to me.
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keesan
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response 60 of 73:
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Oct 14 03:47 UTC 2004 |
If grex would just install links (or links2) I could delete the copy I
compiled and use much less disk space. (Twenex, how much am I over quota?).
Is there going to be some way for people to contribute programs that are kept
in shared disk space? (Oops, I also have a large pdf file here temporarily
because I use grex to transfer files between my three residences).
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gelinas
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response 61 of 73:
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Oct 14 04:28 UTC 2004 |
Any one can ask that a program be installed at any time. Then it's just a
matter of staff getting the time to install it.
FWIW, links is installed on the new grex machine right now:
} grex:gelinas {110} links -version
} Links 2.1pre14
} grex:gelinas {111}
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twenex
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response 62 of 73:
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Oct 14 10:04 UTC 2004 |
Re: #60. To find out the amount of disk space you are using, type "du -h ~"
(Disk Usage [in] -human-readable format [shows in kilobytes, or megabytes
instead of bytes], [directory [folder]:] ~ [shorthand for your homedirectory.])
If you are in, or cd to, your home directory you can leave out the ~. "Quotas"
on nowGrex are managed manually by staff; on NextGREX you will be notified
by the system when and by how much you are over quota.
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janc
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response 63 of 73:
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Oct 14 13:23 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, Cindi requested links months and months ago, so I installed the copy
from the ports tree. However there are about a zillion variations on links,
so I have no idea if the one in the ports tree is the one Cindi wants.
I don't understand wny setting the soft limit so much higher than the hard
limit makes sense.
Since we already increase the limit for any user who gives us a vaguely
sensible explanation for why they should have a higher limit, I don't see a
need to give members a higher limit.
For the time being, Grex staff has no problem with Cindi using lots of disk
space. Keeping a copy of links2 around is a more than vaguely sensible
explanation.
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gelinas
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response 64 of 73:
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Oct 15 00:05 UTC 2004 |
The reason I suggested a meg between the soft and hard limit was that I find
it fairly easy to fill up a meg. If we've the disk space to give each user
five megabytes, we aren't hurt by giving them plenty of warning as they
approach that limit.
FWIW, I don't see a reason to set the soft limit at half the hard limit.
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keesan
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response 65 of 73:
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Oct 15 02:16 UTC 2004 |
Thanks Joe. I think while you were not looking links may have evolved to
version 15 and it will probably keep evolving. It handles some but not all
javascript now. Jan, what do you call the links that you installed and how
would I access it? I can't use it by typing 'links' so I still use my own
from my own subdirectory (links-0.96 not elinks or links hacked or links2).
Are all the program files in one directory somewhere?
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gelinas
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response 66 of 73:
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Oct 15 02:19 UTC 2004 |
It's on the new machine, not the current one, Sindi.
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janc
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response 67 of 73:
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Oct 15 13:19 UTC 2004 |
I'm not installing anything on the old machine these days.
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scott
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response 68 of 73:
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Oct 15 14:59 UTC 2004 |
I think Sindi would be a great beta tester for NextGrex, at least the
text-based-over-dialup stuff.
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gregb
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response 69 of 73:
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Oct 15 18:29 UTC 2004 |
I second that.
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janc
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response 70 of 73:
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Oct 16 13:19 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, she's on my list.
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keesan
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response 71 of 73:
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Oct 17 04:35 UTC 2004 |
I did a whole year of beta testing for Newdeal. I found lots of small bugs
in keyboard navigation, which nobody else was using, and in text-based
printing, and in the older GUI. I was the resident ignoramus who had not used
any GUIs before.
Is it possible to let everyone be a beta tester for NextGrex? I. e., can one
phone line be hooked to NextGrex for dialin use only, without any web
connection? Just to test the bbs, for instance. Or could people choose to
telnet to NextGrex?
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janc
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response 72 of 73:
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Oct 17 21:23 UTC 2004 |
Well, last time I tried to dial into Grex, it took me an hour to find a
computer with a working modem, install comm software, and figure out how
to make it work. Very soon I plan to start letting some people onto the
system to start banging on things, but I want to limit the set of
people. I'm pretty sure security is good, but if there are security
holes to be discovered, I'd rather they were discovered by someone I
trust. And I'd rather keep the dialins hooked to Grex.
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jesuit
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response 73 of 73:
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May 17 02:14 UTC 2006 |
TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE
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