Regarding Handbook Section 16.14...

[Christian Brueffer]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 08:06:28PM -0800, Andrew Korff wrote:
> I don't know if this is the appropriate address to send this sort of thing
> to, but I wanted to suggest regarding the section of the FreeBSD Handbook
> concerning File System Quotas (16.14).  In 16.14.1, when describing how to
> configure your system for quotas, it suggests setting" check_quotas" to "NO"
> in /etc/rc.conf for faster booting, but then later states that quota.groupand
> quota.user will automatically be created by /etc/rc when you reboot after
> setting up quotas.  I think some mention should be made of the fact that if
> you set "check_quotas" to "NO", /etc/rc will NOT automatically create those
> files for you; that you should enable it for the first reboot, and can
> disable it after that.   This seems to me to be an important distinction, as
> users might, as I did, think they should manually create those files, which
> can have unpredictable consequences.
> 

Hmm, could you propose am enhancement of the text you'd like to see
committed?

> Let me know if I should send this suggestion to another address.
> 

No, exactly the right address for something like this.

- Christian

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