Re: [webmin-l] Quota not showing all or correct quota's

[Obantec S. <su...@ob...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Quota not showing all or correct quota's


> On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 20:22, Obantec Support wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
> > To: <web...@li...>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 6:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Quota not showing all or correct quota's
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 09:19, Obantec Support wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > webmin 1.160
> > > >
> > > > I have 2 users under /home
> > > >
> > > > obantec_support
> > > > obantec_sub1
> > > >
> > > > Now with Module index set to show quota's under /home Sort users and
> > groups
> > > > by Blocks used
> > > > it lists obantec_sub1 but not obantec_support.
> > > >
> > > > If i use the edit quota's for obantec_support it shows Unlimited but
it
> > > > should by 50MB
> > > > if i use edit quota'a for obantec_sub1 it shows 50MB yet the main
page
> > which
> > > > lists obantec_sub1 shows 20MB (the correct quota).
> > > >
> > > > Setting it to Sort by Name i get
> > > >
> > > > obantec_sub1 quota 50MB (this is obantec_support's correct quota)
> > > > obantec_sub1 quota 20MB (this is obantec_sub1's correct quota)
> > > >
> > > > looks like pattern match has a problem?.
> > >
> > > Perhaps the username obantec_support is too long, and is being
truncted
> > > by the repquota command that Webmin reads output from. I would be
> > > interested to see the output from the command
> > >
> > > repquota -u -v /home
> > >
> > > on your system ..
> > >
> > >  - Jamie
> > >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Hi Jamie
> >
> > Hum first time in 5 years that a quota has gone over on a username like
> > this!
> > Yes usernames are truncated 10 letters then _-- (the _ is used to denote
sub
> > users or mail only accounts).
> >
> > So obantec_support reads as obantec_su-- as does obantec_sub1
obantec_su-- 
> > from repquota -u -v /home
> >
> > Out of interest the web interface software for the server has no issues
> > seeing both names and quota's (Its similar to Cobalt servers).
> >
> > Webmin shows some usernames (long one's ok) but if the username is a bit
> > long it lists same as previous but with the correct quota!.
> >
> > Example (all made up usernames but exact size as problem)
> >
> > toy-boat-fred    50MB
> > toy-boat-freesales 20MB
> > toy-boat-freetalk    10MB
> >
> > Webmin lists as
> >
> > toy-boat-fred    50MB
> > toy-boat-fred    20MB
> > toy-boat-fred    10MB
> >
> > Mark
>
> The problem here is that Webmin uses the repquota output to work out
> what each user's quota is, and attempts to resolve truncated usernames
> by searching /etc/passwd for users that start with whatever username
> repquota displays. However, if two users are truncated to the same thing
> (like obantec_su) then this will not work :-(
>
> The only solution is to upgrade the quota utility programs on your
> system, as later versions of repquota do not truncate usernames like
> this ..
>
>  - Jamie
>
>
>
>
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Thanks Jamie

will look into upgrading. this explains why my later servers work.

Mark