The filer needs to be able to "convert" the name to a UID. This can be done in one of thwo ways:

1. NIS mapping 2. local /etc/passwd file

There is also another method to use. Instead of a name or UID, give an absolute path (relative to the filer) that is owned by the the user in question:

/vol/vol0/home/ihsan user@/vol/web 5M

--tmac

Abu Ihsan wrote:

Hi, whenever I use user name instead of UID I will get below error : toaster>quota on web quota: user name ihsan not found (/etc/quota line 2). could not read quotas file toaster>

content of /vol/vol0/etc/quotas ihsan user@/vol/web 5M

• user@/vol/web 3M
  
  

It won't fail if I use UID

Any suggestion ? I tried putting clients /etc/passwd in /vol/vol0/etc/passwd and it works. Do we have to have a /vol/vol0/etc/passwd ? If so, how about if we have let say 100000 users ? there has to be a smarter way which a newbie like me do not know of...

thanks, --abu ihsan

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